Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

[nero_bolt]

Should the Burqa and Niqab be banned in Australia?

[lionrose.7]

I have heard of a few that got areal fight in Thailand hahaha

[cherry*135]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

He goes to the nightclub to score (one thing or another).  I doubt that he cares who he ends up with (no pun intended).

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I disagree, they (some may not care) go home with a woman and don't want to see any man bits! (have heard some stories about the surprise).

lion... yeah a fright,then vamoosh out of there.

This relates to comments in this thread that you don't know whether it is a man or a woman under the burqa, well this is same..the unknown still occurs.

[polksaladallie]

If they choose that behaviour, then they choose the consequences.

[cherry*135]

Not really, they could just be unlucky

Anyway this is not about morals in my example, it is for this thread, about not being able to tell whether a person is male or female from the clothing they wear.

As UFO the poster seems concerned about this (hidden gender), with the burqa wearers.

[karliandjacko]

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@channys_mum wrote:

Interesting that the outraged guy who was asked not to touch said that it is a free country and he was not going to walk away. If a group of people walked down the street dressed as nuns would the catholics carry on.

How can it be racist when there are muslims, christians, atheists etc within every race.

It is not about a race folks, it's about the face.

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It looks to me that it's more about creating division, anger and fear in society than it is about the face or the race.

[karliandjacko]

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@ufo_investigations wrote:

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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!

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You don't speak for Australians, only yourself.

You don't speak for this Aussie.

[iapetus_rocks]

That thought cross my mind yesterday. Example -  A man picks up a woman in a nightclub, they go back to one of their homes together... how does the man be 100% sure it is a female before he takes off home with her/him? It happens (they find out 'later')

Muslim women who wear the burqa or the niqab (the face-covering garments) do not go to nightclubs. Never, never ever.

Because they are places which serve alcohol and play loud music of the type which is abhorrent to Islam. (Cat Stevens had a bit to say about music in Islam)

Also such women would not be allowed by their menfolk to attend such a place. Never, ever.

As for a veiled Muslim woman allowing a man to "chat her up" ; well, same answer. never, ever.

It's not just the veil; that is only a symbol of a set of beliefs and ideas which very few of us understand completely.

[cherry*135]

My comments were specifically related in reply to UFO's about his concerns about not knowing whether a man or woman is under a burqa. That can happen in other circumstances too, no Muslims involved. So, it is not an 'issue' fthat some may have that is solely related to the wearing of the burqa. 

[I don't think anyone needs telling that burqa/niqab wearers don't go to nightclubs]

[iapetus_rocks]

Ok 🙂 it's just that from a few of the comments by various posters above, I get the feeling that they think that Muslim women who wear the veil are just like any other Aussie woman in that they have the same freedoms and hold the same moral and ethical values which we do. And that just isn't so.

[icyfroth]

Frankly, it surprises me how so many ppl here who staunchly stand up for women's rights think the burqa is ok. It's a repressive garment which orthodox muslim men require their women to wear in public so they may not incite lustful urges in men. 

HellOOO! 

That's not even counting that the burqa by requirement is a concealing garment and as such is a security risk for a nation such as ours living under the threat of home-grown terrorism.

Considering Australia interned German men and and USA whole Japanese families for the duration of World War II in the past, I don't understand the outrage of banning the burqa in public. They should think themselves lucky we've progressed from that, as against they don't seem to have progressed from medieval times in their repression of women.

Having said that, I do think that proscribing what ppl wear in Aus society is against civil liberty. Still, we are at war with the radical muslims ISIL, so special rules must apply.

I have no problem with the hijab.