Comments on: Banning the Burqa: Egypt, France, and Italy http://pjmedia.com/blog/banning-the-burqa-egypt-france-and-italy/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:47:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dean_L http://pjmedia.com/blog/banning-the-burqa-egypt-france-and-italy/#comment-415872 Dean_L Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:50:54 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=68903#comment-415872 The Muslim Canadian Congress has just asked the federal government to ban Burqas in Canada. http://bit.ly/Qob7N Of course Muslims are not unified on the issue, the Canadian Islamic Congress is claiming it violates the freedoms of Muslims. But the Muslim Canadian Congress is arguing that there is no religious basis in Islam to permit the burqa and that it marginalizes women. The Muslim Canadian Congress has just asked the federal government to ban Burqas in Canada. http://bit.ly/Qob7N

Of course Muslims are not unified on the issue, the Canadian Islamic Congress is claiming it violates the freedoms of Muslims.

But the Muslim Canadian Congress is arguing that there is no religious basis in Islam to permit the burqa and that it marginalizes women.

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