A good precedent?

[cam elle toe]

Thank God you are not the Mod. If you are then 99% here will be banned:24:

maybe I AM...Maybe I'm wearing a blue burqa and you just dont KNOW I'm a mod:ninja


Now...back to the topic.

 

[Azazel]

Thank God you are not the Mod. If you are then 99% here will be banned:24:

 

[kelvin070]

I thought you guys are champions of human rights:24:

The World Today, Apr 30 - Amnesty International criticises Belgium's burqa ban

The human rights organization Amnesty International today criticized approval by Belgian lawmakers of legislation banning women from wearing face-covering Islamic veils in public.
Amnesty said the law, the first such national ban in Europe, violates the rights to freedom of expression and religion and is a dangerous precedent.
Belgium's lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives, passed the law on Thursday by a unanimous vote.
The bill is part of a growing unease in Europe over the habit of some women Muslim immigrants of wearing the full body-covering black dress and headdress called the burqa, or a face-covering veil or mask called a niqab.


Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Wo...elgium+burqa/2971805/story.html#ixzz0mkBUoXa3
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[Peter Parka]

Still waiting......:24::24::24:

Kelvin =

 

[kelvin070]

They have no brains really. Their trade will suffer now. Muslim countries for sure will boycott their goods and services.

 

[Accountable]

Didnt know whether to put this in politics or religion....


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100429/ap_on_re_eu/eu_belgium_burqa_ban


Views? (no pun intended):ninja

:ninja Being my burqa

I'm not sure if the burqa is required for religious or cultural reasons ... probably one & the same. Banks have almost all their services offered outside or online so requiring customers to uncover their faces before coming in doen't seem unreasonable to me. Outlawing the dress itself is going too far, imo. Would be different if bombers were known to put on a burqa, but that hasn't happened yet, to my knowledge.

 

[edgray]

I think this is pretty shocking - the govt shouldn't be able to tell these people what they can and can't wear in public. I mean, there's nothing indecent about it, is there?

 

[Minor Axis]

Public is one thing. I'm against a law that would restrict wearing one in public. What about going through security at the airport or anyplace security is required? They have to have a way to identify you. Maybe a fingerprint or pupil scan would suffice?

 

[kelvin070]

France is gonna follow suit now.
Muslim woman fined £430 for wearing burka in Italy

The Tunisian immigrant, Amel Marmouri, 26, was fined by police in the city of Novara, in the north-eastern Piedmont region.
The town council is controlled by the right-wing Northern League, which has pushed for much tougher immigration controls and at a national level forms part of Silvio Berlusconi's coalition government. [
Mrs Marmouri was in a post office when police officers stopped her and issued her with the fine.
"As far as I know this is a first in Italy," said police officer Mauro Franzinelli.
Her husband, Ben Salah Braim, 36, said the family would struggle to pay the penalty.
He said his wife would continue to wear the full-length item of clothing because he did not want her to be seen by other men, but in future she would be forced to stay at home most of the time. /QUOTE]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...man-fined-430-for-wearing-burka-in-Italy.html