(April 12, 2011 at 3:56 pm)Rwandrall Wrote: I wholeheartedly agree: by "it is a symbol of oppression", i mean in the West. But if you take "Muslim" countries, in many of them women wear burqas (not always forcibly) and these countries also have intolerance, theocracy or dictatorship, religious fanatism, oppression, and the restriction of Human Rights, and all that goes with it.
Burqas are a symbol of those cultures, and these cultures are seen as harmful and dangerous. The only way to stop burqas from being this kind of symbol, and to stop Islamophobia as a whole, is for these countries to stop being so oppressive and opposed to the values of the West.
You're right, some of the Muslim countries take it a little too far in pushing their religious ideals onto others. Do I approve of the hateful way they look at the West? Absolutely not.
