Many Muslim females choose to dorn the burkha as a sign of their total submission to the will of Allah. Rarely, is the burkha forced upon the females. Yes, I am sure if one is to nitpick one may locate certain cases where females may state that they had no choice and were forced to accept the burkha by their husbands/families etc. But again, most females choose to wear the burkha.
So, it is indeed a sad sight to see a nation that gave birth to the principles of equality and fraternity consider robbing their Muslim female citizens of their volition. Why should the burkha be banned? What about the Muslim women who wish to wear the burkha? Who will protect their rights to do as they wish? Who will aid them in protesting against their suppression of free choice?I don't choose to wear the burkha but I wouldn't like my government telling me I can't wear it? What about my right to make my own decision?
Sarkozy is highly misinformed if he claims the burkha is a sign of oppression for Muslim females. The burkha is worn by females who choose to adorn it as their sign of total submission. Not as an obligation to their religion.
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No doubt many women choose to wear the burkha, but most certainly many more are forced to wear it. You just have to look at the majority of women who wear burkhas in Bangladesh. In Dhaka nowadays, burkhas are not that common and more often than not, it is women with little or no education who wear them. Yes, I know, I know many highly educated and liberated women wear them too. But the reality is that women can put on other garments for modesty sake. And surely if laws ensured women's safety/modesty they would not have to hide themselves under a burkha.
Hi there. Thanks for your comment. But do you honestly believe that women from a certain socio-economic background wear the burkha because they are told to do so by their respective male partners? I'm not outlawing that possibility. But, isnt the whole concept of the burkha in Islamic rhetoric to be willingly worn as a sign of submission to Allah? How then can one force it upon another individual? Again, I dont mean to dismiss your comments..just that forcing someone to wear or not to wear the burkha goes against individual rights, right?
If you think most women in Bangladesh wear the burkha as a sign of submission to Allah, then you need to wake up and see the reality for what it is.
I am all for women's right to wear what they want. But the reality is that women adhere to cultural norms and societal pressures in the way they dress.
I know you mean well but next time you see women on the street in burkhas - stop and ask them why they wear these garments.
No, I dont think all women in Bangladesh wear the burkha as a sign of submission. Undoubtedly, some are forced into wearing it.
Point well made.
I'll be sure to ask a burkha-clad woman on the street on the motive behind her burkha.
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