Thread: Britain joins debate over the burqa

Britain joins debate over the burqa

David Sapsted, Foreign Correspondent

Last Updated: January 18. 2010 12:47AM UAE / January 17. 2010 8:47PM GMT


LONDON // A British political party has joined the growing clamour across Europe for the burqa to be banned in public places.

With France poised to become the first EU country to impose such a ban, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) is taking legal advice with the aim of including a commitment to outlaw the burqa and niqab in its manifesto for the general election, which must take place by spring.

Even the far-right British National Party has not proposed such a ban, except for schoolchildren. UKIP does not have any MPs in the House of Commons but achieved the second highest number of votes, behind the Conservatives, in last year’s European elections.

In November, Lord (Malcolm) Pearson took over leadership of the party. He has highlighted what he described as the “growing threat of Islamismâ€

There was a woman in FL that would not remove her burqa for her driver's license photo, as it was against her religion. License denied.
There have been protests about full-body scanners for airport safety as that would be violating the Islamic religion, which claims they would violate the sacred modesty of women.
At the same time, in many Islamic communities, the wife and children are thrown into the street if the husband feels like it, women can be stoned to death if someone suspects them of looking at another man or not being accompanied by a male relative in public; cattle and goats are better off than many of these women.
You emigrate to another country, YOU ASSIMILATE! Religious traditions are fine at home, but each country's traditions and laws should be respected in public.
That is all I can say without cussing a lot.