France Bans Burqas

[Rayaan]

It's all about what the image is. Burqas are a symbol of oppression and religious fanatism and that is why it is seen as nocive.

I disagree because whether the burqa is a symbol of oppression or not is determined by a particular society, not by the one who is wearing it.

There are Muslims who wear it because they do it as an act of piousness and because it makes them feel closer to God. They wear it on their own will (although this is not true for everyone). Furthermore, I know that there are some husbands who don't want their wives to put on a burqa because they want their wives to go out into the world and show their beautiful faces to everyone, without covering anything, and yet, their wives still want to wear it.

Also, the fact that so many Muslim women in France are completely against the burqa ban is proof that the object is NOT an oppression for them. Some are even willing to go to jail instead of taking it off. So, I think this is a way of telling the government that being locked up in jail is less of an oppression for them than wearing a burqa. lol.

On the other hand, here in America I see many Muslim women who do comply by the dress codes of their workplace. They really don't make it a big deal to cover their faces. For example, my mother doesn't wear the burqa and my father doesn't force her to wear it either. It's her own decision to wear it or not. And I would estimate that only 10 to 20 percent of the female Muslims in America wear the burqa even outside the workplace, and further, most of them only cover their hair (with a hijab), not the whole face and the rest of the body (unlike with a burqa).