Laws regarding women wearing a burqa in public (the full-body covering that only shows the eyes), is this an important matter of security or a disturbing case of religious oppression? [14]
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By all means, let them wear it. But if they encounter any situation where visual verification of their identity is needed, they're shit out of luck. Fuck off, we're not changing the rules for your crazy religious bullshit. You don't like it, you don't use the services, simple as that.
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If it's your religion, and that's what you want to believe, by all means wear a burqa.
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The hard part of lawmaking is not being 2 faced about issues by rule. If you're going to give special benefits to a certain group, over another group in persecution, that's basically discrimination.
Burqas should be considered face-covering items such as masks or balaclava. A lot of nations state you cannot wear these due to safety concerns and you can be asked to remove them. Having separate laws, now that is religious nit-picking!
While I'm not a fan of actively regulating the wearing of burqas (police have better things to do), it takes only one nutjob dressing up in a burqa committing terrorism and Western nations will go haywire on them. -
In cases where security is an actual issue (like airports) it is common sense that you should have to show your face. Going to the grocery store, or going about day to day life doesn't qualify as "security" and policy should be very specific about this matter (not ambiguous, as to constitute anything anyone wants to complain about being a "security" issue). These people have rights, and while people may not agree with, or like it, they have those rights, and those rights should be respected. Laws/policy that promotes bigotry of any kind is unacceptable.
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It's a matter of security. Where I used to live, a store was robbed, by someone in burqa. If that's not enough evidence they should not be worn outside a muslim country I don't know what is.
Anyone can chuck on a burqa and say it's for religion just to do these things. If a motorcyclist has to remove their helmets, muslims should remove their headware while in a shop, train, bus or anywhere it's required to show your identity. -
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i see it as neither.
this is going to sound incredibly offensive, but i see it as being blatantly disrespectful towards the country one has migrated to. like if i were to visit or move to Afghanistan/Saudi Arabia etc etc i would follow their laws and customs even if i disagreed with them or they made me uncomfortable. i expect other people to treat Canada with the same respect, and i dont think wearing a full burqa is doing so. to my knowledge, religiously, women from Muslim countries only have to cover their hair. this can be done with hijabs and other more subtle things than burqas. i also thought that the burqa was not a religious item but an item enforced by the Taliban to make women seem as less in society than men.
This is a controversial issue. I would never ask someone to remove their burka in public, however I have had to ask them into a private room and remove it for a security clearance, I think I was respectful and the lady agreed.
I think that ultimately, regardless of religion, race, culture or colour we all have to do things that venture into our 'private space' when you give DNA or fingerprints or a body dearch, unfortunately these things are necessary to keep the majority safe and whilst inrespect their decision to wear a burka, there are situations in which I think they should be asked to remove it, such as passport photos, licences, etc...
Security. Haters gon' hate but those guys who wore them in that protest thing proved it. You have no idea who someone is behind the burqa. I'm not tryna say everyone who wears a burqa IS in fact a terrorist or a fraud, (or a criminal of any sort for that matter) but the possibility of people hiding behind them is very real.
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