Thread: Canadian Muslim group calls for burka ban

Canadian Muslim group calls for burka ban

The Associated Press
1:32 p.m. October 8, 2009

TORONTO — A Canadian Muslim organization is urging the Canadian government to ban traditional Muslim garments designed to cover a woman's face, saying they are medieval and misogynist symbols of extremism with no basis in Islam.

The Muslim Canadian Congress has called on the federal government to prohibit the burka and the niqab because it says that practice of covering one's face has no place in a society that supports gender equality.

The burka is a head-to-toe gown with a mesh-like panel over the face that allows a woman to see and breathe. The niqab is a veil that leaves only the eyes exposed.

Tarek Fatah, founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress, said the ban would not extend to the hijab, a traditional headscarf that does not cover the face.

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We had a person in our neighborhood who was caught twice for shoplifting. She would hide groceries under her burka.

The important thing here is that the Muslims are calling for the ban.

The French have even banned the hijab from their schools.
And a year or two ago a woman went to sue the DMV in Fla. for not photographing her driver's license picture in her burka. It came down to freedom of religion as a human right vs. the benefit of driving--which is not a human right in this country.