Monday July 19, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

First Belgium, then France. Now England. Even Spain is considering it.

Belgium and France have already passed laws against women wearing the burqa, the Islamic headdress worn by women, the headdress that covers the entire face, leaving only a thin slit for the eyes.

In England last week a poll was conducted asking 2,000 people what they thought about passing a British law similar to the French law, a law prohibiting the burqa.
67% of those polled are in favor of enacting such a law.

In Spain the subject of the burqa is already under discussion in the Parliament.

The masses reject the burqa for two very different reasons.
One reason is that the burqa covers a woman's face in public and that flies in the face of womens' freedoms and equality. A second is security, it is impossible to identify people if their faces are completely covered.

For it or against it, the burqa elicits a visceral reaction.

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