Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

[nero_bolt]

Should the Burqa and Niqab be banned in Australia?

[village_person]

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@boris1gary wrote:

There seems to be a few people around the place who can't/won't communicate/make friends with people (Muslim women) whose faces are covered or people they can't see -  oh well, I suppose the approx 200/250 Muslim women that choose to wear a niqab will just have to cope, as for those who claim they can't communicate with people they can't see - get off social media, that might help allay those fears or feelings of discomfort.  

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Friendships for muslims are mandated not negotiated.

Quran. [5:52] O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. And whoso among you takes them for friends is indeed one of them. Verily, Allah guides not the unjust people.

If that's OK by you what if Christians and Jews had the exact some instruction: Rule 35JX Christians and Jews take not muslims as friends because they shall remain outcast. Verily, do justice to your beliefs.

It would be acceptable if they could hide it behind religion right?

[pct001wine]

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@village_person wrote:

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

Some of the comments here leave me gobsmacked and thinking some need to stop reading what the media prints, aiming for what appears to cause senseless panic in their readers.

How many women have ever entered Parliment buildings dressed the bugua? An MP reported none.

One of the most caring and nicest women I have met sat next to me when I fly back from Brisbane. She reassured me, chattedabout all sorts and placed her hand on my arm to help calm me as I hate flying, something she sensed once seated.

She wore the full burqa with gloves. Elegantly spoken and obviously well educated. Several times she and her husband touched hqnds across the aisle. ...a token of their love for each other. 

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Are you sure the person under the black material was a woman? The person you assume was the 'husband' may have been a same sex partner. Some people can sound gentle and may even come across as a milquetoast. If you do possess powers us mere mortals don't how 'bout giving us next week's Powerball numbers.

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Goodness me.  Do you wander around this world wondering what gender people are behind their clothing, bike helmets, balaclavas, hoodies etc. ?  What is the threat here ?  Is this a serious post ?

[ufo_investigations]

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@pct001wine wrote:

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@village_person wrote:

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

Some of the comments here leave me gobsmacked and thinking some need to stop reading what the media prints, aiming for what appears to cause senseless panic in their readers.

How many women have ever entered Parliment buildings dressed the bugua? An MP reported none.

One of the most caring and nicest women I have met sat next to me when I fly back from Brisbane. She reassured me, chattedabout all sorts and placed her hand on my arm to help calm me as I hate flying, something she sensed once seated.

She wore the full burqa with gloves. Elegantly spoken and obviously well educated. Several times she and her husband touched hqnds across the aisle. ...a token of their love for each other. 

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Are you sure the person under the black material was a woman? The person you assume was the 'husband' may have been a same sex partner. Some people can sound gentle and may even come across as a milquetoast. If you do possess powers us mere mortals don't how 'bout giving us next week's Powerball numbers.

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Goodness me.  Do you wander around this world wondering what gender people are behind their clothing, bike helmets, balaclavas, hoodies etc. ?  What is the threat here ?  Is this a serious post ?

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Don't you people get it? Australians can't make friends with people hidden behind a cloth, we don't know who or what it is. It is anti-social, it creates a brick wall barrier that Aussies just can't relate to. I would not feel comfortable one bit to meet someone in person and they are in a burqa. It is rude!

[boris1gary]

ufoinvestigations, please don't ever speak on my behalf.

signed

sincerely

boris1gary, an Australian.

[village_person]

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@pct001wine wrote:

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@village_person wrote:

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

Some of the comments here leave me gobsmacked and thinking some need to stop reading what the media prints, aiming for what appears to cause senseless panic in their readers.

How many women have ever entered Parliment buildings dressed the bugua? An MP reported none.

One of the most caring and nicest women I have met sat next to me when I fly back from Brisbane. She reassured me, chattedabout all sorts and placed her hand on my arm to help calm me as I hate flying, something she sensed once seated.

She wore the full burqa with gloves. Elegantly spoken and obviously well educated. Several times she and her husband touched hqnds across the aisle. ...a token of their love for each other. 

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Are you sure the person under the black material was a woman? The person you assume was the 'husband' may have been a same sex partner. Some people can sound gentle and may even come across as a milquetoast. If you do possess powers us mere mortals don't how 'bout giving us next week's Powerball numbers.

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Goodness me.  Do you wander around this world wondering what gender people are behind their clothing, bike helmets, balaclavas, hoodies etc. ?  What is the threat here ?  Is this a serious post ?

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No I don't wander about trying to categorise people according to sex. However, I refuse to be spoon fed stories that aren't tethered to reality.

[debra9275]

No, I don't get it, you & I are obviously very different. I make friends with everyone. I don't care what they're wearing

[para-slights]

Yeah I must tell B my blind work colleague that he shouldn't talk to me as he doesn't know what I look like or what I'm wearing, and yet the art of conversation isn't completely lost on him despite not seeing our faces. So you CAN have conversations with people without seeing them completely be it over the phone over the net or covered in cloth

[cherry*135]

ufo wrote " Australians can't make friends with people hidden behind a cloth..."

You are speaking for yourself only, not every Australian.

Our local Federal MP, has been legally blind since birth. Does he have make no friends because he can't see people, of course not. 

We don't really make friends with people we see out in public walking around either, so what does it matter what they wear?

[village_person]

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@para-slights wrote:

Yeah I must tell B my blind work colleague that he shouldn't talk to me as he doesn't know what I look like or what I'm wearing, and yet the art of conversation isn't completely lost on him despite not seeing our faces. So you CAN have conversations with people without seeing them completely be it over the phone over the net or covered in cloth

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Ask your blind work colleague B, with courtesy, if he has a book of instructions that dictate his daily life. Ask him if those instructsions somehow equate with the koran.

[para-slights]

If a person elects to wear a certain style of clothing due to cultural or religious reasons it's not up to us to tell them otherwise. We have our own social pressure regarding clothing ourselves. Will you walk into work wearing a bikini? Do you not mock someone wearing outrageous clothing. And it was for UFO who equates not being able to see a person means you can't relate to that person.