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France bans the Burqa
France bans the Burqa
First what is the Burqa?
The Burqa I believe is the full cover, this includes the eyes. Not to be confused with the Niqab which you can see the eyes or the Hijab which shows the face. The Hijab you could consider being very much like the outfit traditional nuns were.
One must remember too that its not just some Muslims believe its correct to cover the hair, but Jewish ladies I believe also cover the hair when married. Though often they use wigs over there own real hair. The Muslim religion is very much similar to that of the Christen religion, in fact one could simply argue its the same religion but with a slightly different interoperation on it. I believe both believe in Adam and eve, and the main difference from what I gather is christens see Jesus as the son of god while Muslims see Jesus as a profit.
We have seen France ban the Burqa. I believe this is probably due to French law. French law from what I gather comes from Napoleon laws, where is was stated that people are free to have a religion but this should remain private, between the person and there beliefs. In other words your free to belief as long as your not doing it publicly. And as such I suspect wearing the Burqa in public would be considered expressing your beliefs in public.
Some have said the Burqa should be banned in the UK, though I suspect they are confusing the Burqa with the Niqab or Hijab.
The question is, is the Burqa a part of the Muslim religion or simply a traditional form of clothing worn in very few countries, that appears to have only been introduced several hundred years after the development of the Muslim faith, and also very little if any grounds for it in the Muslim bible.
However the arguments for or against the Burqa, I would not want to see it banned in the UK. Mainly because I do not believe any item should be banned, however much it courses offence to some. I am a libertarian, and find banning most objectively. People should be allowed to wear what they want, be it a Burqa or even a KKK outfit.
I do not personally like the Burqa, or indeed the Niqab, as I believe it separates people. Its a block to communication.
I do however believe firms have the right to ban employees wearing any item. So if a school bans a Niqab then that's fine. Just in the same way as they may say died hair, or tattoos is not allowed in there organization.
I too also support firms from banning any religious items, such as crosses. If I has staff I would not allow them to cover the staff vans in crosses or any other religious items. Its for them to believe in in private, not to wave about on my vans.
I get rather annoyed by people who are religious these days who now use the cross, Niqab and so on as a sort of protest weapon. There is nothing (I could be wrong) in the Christian bible that says you should were a cross or even put a fish sticker in your car window. These people are in my mind pure thugs when they go into work wearing them, knowing they could be sacked, simply to get there story in the newspapers.
As I say, I would not want to see the Niqab et al banned, but I would urge Muslim ladies not to wear it, simply as it seems to place a wedge between society.
One thing I would say though is that there are many fantastic traditional items of clothing that originated from such as India, that sadly 'Asian' girls seem to avoid, often feeling 'safer' wearing western clothes. Such as the sari is very attractive. Being a bit of a fan of bollywood films, I notice how stunning many of the actresses outfits are.
I also get rather annoyed when people claim England is a Christian country. I disagree. I would argue its a pagan country. In truth very few people go to church. The only thing most people do is celebrate Christmas, which as I am sure most people know is a pagan festival that Christians took over. Its fairly obvious that even if you bevies Jesus was real, who could not have been born in winter, as no way would they insist on collecting the tax in winter due to the cold. The pagan festival is December 21. Called Yule, it is one of the traditional Celtic fire festivals and marks the return of the light after the longest night of the year.
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