Banning the Burqa: Egypt, France, and Italy

Movement grows to fight the forces of Islamic fundamentalism which manipulate women’s clothing as symbolic political statements.

October 8, 2009 - by Phyllis Chesler

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1. Dean_L:

The Muslim Canadian Congress has just asked the federal government to ban Burqas in Canada. http://bit.ly/Qob7N

Of course Muslims are not unified on the issue, the Canadian Islamic Congress is claiming it violates the freedoms of Muslims.

But the Muslim Canadian Congress is arguing that there is no religious basis in Islam to permit the burqa and that it marginalizes women.

Oct 8, 2009 - 6:50 am