Indian Muslim Women come out in support of 'Hijab': RSA

So women are free but they can be told not to wear what they want ? Huh ? ?

Women were not to be told what to wear either. (Well maybe by a fashion designer, but not definitely by a religious head(less) or a fanatic )

.Agent.

So thats how muslim women see things is it ? No, they believe God tells them to dress that way. Do you believe you have the right to tell them what to think ? Is that not repression ?

To each their own. good story.

As I always say when in Rome.......

What Barry, tell people what to wear in the name of freedom ? Grow up

I will tell you what: if Western women can go around Mecca/Muslim City of Your Choice in a Chanel suit or a tanktop and jogging shorts, hey, guess what, I will agree that Muslim women in the West can wear the Burka.

Except that that ain't gonna happen and there is no reason with possible non-Msulim men dressing in Burkas to rob banks and so on to permit what is not a right: to disguise your identity in public.

But, the offer still stands: Chanel suits and high heels and tanktop/jogging shorts for Christian women in Mecca and we accept the hijab here. 

Whadda' ya' say?

We've just seen a Muslim court convict a UN worker in Africa on morality charges for wearing trousers.  The normal punishment is flogging.  So are you saying that if you are willing to be flogged, you can wear trousers? 

Excellent point, Barbara.

I think women must be willing to get flogged or just wear burkka  in order not to "trigger" the sex-starved men in that great country - after all it is "God's order", no?

Excellent offer, Roy :D..!

.Agent.

I know a lot of men in those cities would do the deal in a flash. :)

PS. Newsflash: there is no "right" to enter our countries as an immigrant. We have no "right" to be in Mecca and insist on our way of life, either.

So you think you have the right to tell women what clothes they are allowed to wear ! You sexist oppressor of women Roy C ! So women in Bhurkas (Bhurkas dont cover the face, remember) can not enter banks ? How about people wearing puffy jackets ? No one is allowed to enter a bank in Canada in the winter time ! What does the C stand for Roy ?

opinion: we cannot tell muslim women what to wear. It's a habit. Nothing elese, and i think we haven't got the right to creat laws, like it's usual in the US. Religion is religion. It's not important which kind of church. There are rules, if I want I will care about them or not. It's simple. Without any terrorists or idiot church leader. We have the right to choose what we want, here in Europe. And we do not need to follow the US in such a case. Europe will be Europe. We need to take care our issues. And I think in a liberal/democratic EU we must let anybdy to believe in what he/she wants. (and want to wear)

No one in the US can stop a woman from wearing a head scarf. Nothing worn commonly in Iran is a problem for any normal American.

Going around with a face covered should be illegal, and, while we are at it, people who say that the West has no right to tell a woman what to wear and then tell women what to wear in Muslim countries, and back it all up with prosecution and punishments including flogging, are

                                    BIG, BIG HYPOCRITES.

Potent symbol

The word hijab comes from the Arabic for veil and is used to describe the headscarves worn by Muslim women.

These scarves, regarded by many Muslims as a symbol of both religion and womanhood, come in a myriad of styles and colours.

The type most commonly worn in the West is a square scarf that covers the head and neck but leaves the face clear.

Conservative choice

The niqab is a veil for the face that leaves the area around the eyes clear. However, this may be obscured by a separate eye veil. It is worn with an accompanying headscarf, such as a khimar.

The burqa is the most concealing of all Islamic veils. It covers the entire face and body, leaving just a mesh screen to see through.

Big difference here in intent and in effect.

One is acceptable to the West and the other is not.

I repeat: BURQA IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE WEST AND THE NIQAB SHOULD NOT BE EITHER.

Nuns in the West have worn "hijabs" for centuries. They had to change what they wore to be allowed to drive cars.

Get it, defenders of the veil!?

The Catholic nuns were told that they had to change their "habits" to be allowed to drive cars because the habit interfered with peripheral vision.

So, right away, we see limitations on dress have legal precedent, in terms of limiting covering up.

Some women in burqas have insisted on keeping them on while being photographed for drivers licenses!

What the hell is that?

Others have refused to remove the veil while driving so that a policeman could identify them as being the person in the drivers license photo.

Some have refused to take off the veil in courtrooms to permit identification.

This is not about Freedom of Religion. This is about narcissists who want to live here and have us adapt totally to them while they do virtually nothing to adapt to our way of life.

Solution? Simple!

Stay in "burqa country" and don't live here.

As a Westerner, I am reluctant to project my views onto another culture.  Although, I have stated before in other articles that I support Muslim women who want to be free to have a choice about clothing. 

Lubna Ahmed al Hussein of Sudan was convicted of indecency for wearing pants flaunting Article 152 law of the Sundan.  She was spared 40 lashes because of the international attention her case received. However, ten other women who were with her and also wearing pants plead guilty and received ten lashes. 

Lubna wants to repeal Article 152 of the Sudenese Penal Code stating that the article is against their constitution and Islamic law; further, she states there is nothing in the Quran about flogging  women over what they wear.

Many banks in the US do not permit people to wear sunglasses in the bank so that identification can be done in case of some kind of criminal incident.

Banning the burqa, a garment not required by Muslim religious law anyway, is no impediment on Freedom of Religion.

So, too damn bad and that is that.

"Muslim women who want to be free to have a choice about clothing. "

Absolutely. But the issue here is that they are not free to decide on anything let alone choosing their own cloth. All they are supposed to do, according to their  "protectors" and "religious leaders" who claim to be the loudspeakers of god, is to cover themselves up properly without "arousing the sin" in the men,keep their body and soul "pure" and become one of the dozen wives of the most wealthy tribal leader. When that does not happens things start getting bad with "corrective actions"  like flogging to public stoning to death.

Oh, those who throw stones at the women who performed this act of 'sin' get their quota of real-estate (12 acres it seems) in the seventh heaven, as usual.

.Agent.

Living in such a diverse city as Toronto, I'm used to seeing women wearing the Hijab, even the Burqa doesn't get a second glance around here.  I don't see a problem with it if they are wearing it of their own free will.

I worry though about younger kids, teenage girls mostly, who are at a stage where they're trying to fit in with their friends here in the West, and are being pulled in both directions - the traditional dress of their parents, and the styles of their peers.  The kids of the first generation immigrants have it the hardest, the second a little easier, as they adapt to Western ways. 

It is not unheard of for them to lose the Hijab when they get to school, same as our kids might don extra makeup, roll up their skirt, or change into a belly top after leaving the house.

This creates problems within the household, and it's not unheard of for the parents to punish or even kill their child for such.  It happens, and that's where I see a problem.  The whole fitting it thing ...