Gromit, //The wearing of the Burma is purely tradition pal to a very small region of the Islamic world. Of the worlds 2billion Muslims, less than 1% wear burkas.//
I’d like to know who counted!! Even if your figure were accurate that still suggests that around 2 million women spend their lives hidden from society – hardly an insignificant number. Furthermore, it is not purely tradition. In some places – and in some homes even in this country – it is compulsory.
Eddie, that wasn’t always the case. There are plenty of depictions of Mohammed from days gone by - but they didn't kill people for it then. Google it.