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Kasz216 said: I'm against it as well. Not all women who wear burkhas are for it... and i'd argue... likely most aren't as well. Banning it has two main problems. 1) It's actually counterintuitive to woman's rights... which is why most women's rights groups don't like the ban. You are telling women what is appropriate for them to wear. It's no better a stance then the fundamentalist forcing you to wear it.
2) It doesn't actually adress the problem. The women who were previously forced to wear it, aren't any better off in reality... the only difference is the public gets to ignore the problem. It would be like if wife beaters forced their wives to wear yellow. Banning of the color yellow for women to wear would just makes it harder to identify women who are abused... it wouldn't stop the underlying abuse. |
I agree with the Burka ban mainly because I don't find it counterintuitive to women's rights. And neither do many women's groups. In Canada, the Canadian Muslim Congress has just urged Canada to push for a ban on the garments as well, stating that they are an infringement on women's rights.
It's not a subjective argument that they are physically oppressive and isolating garments, nor are they actually mentioned in the Koran. I see Burka's as an area where religious freedoms and human rights clash, and in those cases I always take the human side.
On topic, minarets are merely architecture, and this ban is pretty rediculous, petty and prejudiced. Here's hoping the European courts can overturn it.
Off topic again - If we really want to have intelligent discussions on these boards? why are we always most eager to argue the most ridiculous person's post? Do you really think you'll get through to baroque dude?
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