Comments on: Egypt Wants to Ban the Burqa, France and Italy Too

By: amelia

amelia — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:55:56 +0000

The one eyed thing is not algerian! Get your facts straight and it doesn’t cover legs and arms. It’s not religious (christians, muslims, pagans and jewish women all wore it) It is a cultural garnment.

By: Proud Egyptian

Proud Egyptian — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:52:20 +0000

I am from Egypt and I would consider myself a non-practicing Muslim. My parents never taught me much about religion but one thing I know is that the Burqa and even the simple hair-cover or veil is not a part of Islam and it DEFINITELY is not an Egyptian tradition. It really annoys me. Nowhere in the quran does it say to cover your head. It irks me to walk around in the street and see such pretty faces with no hair. just a cloth. I am very thankful that I barely see totally covered/burqa-wearing women in Cairo at least, so this is an issue that is not so large here.

I believe a simple BAN wouldn’t work. Maybe less extreme and more accurate islamic education and more secular societal introductions/changes can be made in order to slowly change the mindset of our people. Yes, the burga must be banned because it is unacceptable and shameful. The veil must not. My dear muslims, look at how you represent us! Please educate yourself and the people around you. It makes you look inferior. Have some pride!

Ken and Judy, both of you are an embarrassment to Israel and Jews. It is unacceptable and racist what you said. I have so many Israeli friends who would be appalled to read what you said. And please don’t talk about Arabs killing Israelis in a tone that makes Israel sound so innocent because way more arabs than israelis have died in the process of Israel’s land theft of Palestine. And by the way, Arabs are semites as well so get your words straight.

By: stan squires

stan squires — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:47:04 +0000

I am from vancouver,canada and i wanted to say that it should be up to the women themselves whether they wear the burqa or not.Women are already oppressed in many parts of the world.This ban on the wearing of the burqa only makes the oppression of women worse.The people in France and Egypt should support the women on this issue.Women should be free to make their own choices in everything they do.

By: Zarewa

Zarewa — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:10:44 +0000

Most of the westerners are ignorant about the topic discussion on which is “BURQA” and what “ISLAM” entails. They also don’t know the differences between “SAYING” and “ACTING”. If they (westerners) really do know what there are doing they shouldn’t have even think of banning anything in their countries. Why am i saying these is that, they said they allowed freedom, right to acquire anything and contest for election. So why should they banned these people from what is right to and is also important in their own religion. And for anyone who says wearing burqa,veil or hijab by adult, whether married or unmarried when going outside their various homes in ISLAM should contact me via email so that would clarified things i knew fro the little i knowledge i grabbed.
MAY GOD ALMIGHTY SHOW US ALL THE STRAIGHT PATH. AMEEN

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By: Zamira

Zamira — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:21:54 +0000

Although I am all for religious freedom, I am against extremist factions of any religion which promote violence and denigrate women. For this reason I think a ban on the burqa might help keep future Islamic extremists from immigrating to countries which enforce this ban. How it would affect burqa-wearing women already in those countries might prove more troublesome, however.

I think what we need more of is education regarding the true meaning of the hijab v. burqa; mainly, the realization that the burqa is NOT a religious requirement. As the writer Herman Melville said in “Moby Dick”: “Ignorance is the parent of fear.”

By: Thumbnail

Thumbnail — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:26:22 +0000

We would not have to worry about whether or not these Muslim women wear the veil if we just make a swap:

We get out of Afghanistan/Iraq and M.E. and they all go back to where they came from.

It sounds like a fair swap to me.

Then what we do is encourage a Muslim only airline – Muslim pilots, crew and passengers to fly anywhere they want, except here. They can bloody blow each other up to thier heart’s content, and we can get on with our lives.

Inviting Muslims into a Western Society does not work. They are too primitive to fully understand and comprehend their newly found freedoms, and the veil is a public and profound expression of that ignorance.

By: wondering

wondering — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:56:52 +0000

Well, we will probably spend a great deal of time on the focus of women’s garb. Useless.
Anytime, in history past, when muslim women are not ‘garbed’, it is only until they are once again. They just wait for numbers and timing, and put it right back.
Let’s focus on the men. They are the real culprits. They have enough written evidence to get the death sentence and long prison terms.

By: Susan Katz Keating

Susan Katz Keating — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:22:21 +0000

I cannot imagine our society tolerating the enforced abuse and enslavement of Western women. Why should we tolerate – for one minute – another culture flaunting that abuse within our homelands?

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:42:10 +0000

I think many of us may be forgetting that many of these women cannot choose how to dress, even in the West. The women that I know that choose to wear more than a hijab either do it out of perceived modesty or they are required to by the males in the household. You say such things do not or should not happen in America? Then work to liberate some of these women who are truly imprisoned by their culture. They do not have the skills or resources to flee on their own often. Until then, banning the veil/burqa will merely force their jail to be only their homes.