Banning the Burqa?

[kılıç_mehmet]

You know I hate it when I HAVE to agree with you kilic.

Having said that; of the few Islamic women I have spoken to IRL, many look askance at my inquiry to the whole "Burqa" issue. On the net I find that the countries of origin are also active in banning the item of clothing as backward and sexist, totally inappropriate with the 21st Century and current situations in these countries. Not being able to investigate this further on a personal level is why I must resort to these findings.

I have extensively researched Islamic history, and I know about moslem customs from a variaty of moslem peoples. I know those who are historically "sedentary" tend to have a large population who wear the jilbab, those who were traditionally not so, tended to have much smaller populations, generally confined to urban areas.