Wearing a burkha is an attack on a woman's right's...so...

[sp1814]

"I'll attack her in public and rip it off her face:

‘To me wearing a full veil is an attack on being a woman. As a woman, I felt attacked.’

http://www.dailymail....-case-burka-rage.html

Will other people claim 'burkha rage' as a valid reason to attack up Muslim women?

What do the people on AB who have suddenly embraced feminist principles (but only when directed at Muslim women) feel about this sudden and strange development?

[society]

Wearing a burkha doesn't bother me the least bit. To each his own...
If covering up makes one happy then cover-up and be happy. Who cares, not me.

[ummmm]

I think it's disgusting attacking anyone in an unprovoked attack. I don't really like the Burka...but I could never imagine hating something so much to ever feel the need to even say something.

[Bobbisox]

I wouldn't dream of attacking anyone, let alone a Muslim woman

[ummmm]

Society....I think the perception is is that they are forced to wear it. It's not a womans choice..

[youngmafbog]

Not sure what you are getting at here SP.

I dislike the burka becasue of what it stands for. I am also a keen advocate of equlaity for womene and have, during my careeer seeked to rederess inequalty when I have been in a position to di so. with some success I might add.

so how do I fit into your one size fits all statement
//What do the people on AB who have suddenly embraced feminist principles (but only when directed at Muslim women) feel about this sudden and strange development?//

The burka has no place in our society and I personally totally despise it and anyone who wears it or forces therm to wear it. If they wish to adoppt this lifestyle they shoudl go elsewhere.

[society]

I always thought wearing a burkha was more religious than cultural. Perhaps they should change religion. :-) I don't see what all the fuss about religious attires is about. It ones good and bad deeds that are recognised and accounted for... People take nothing and make it into something just to cause uproar and controversy.

[sp1814]

youngmafbog

You despise women who wear the burka.

Would you forcibly remove it from a woman in the street?

[keyplus90]

In a society where nudity is art and more a woman show of her “Assets” more she is praised for her liberty. Where page three is an art too and by taking your cloth off someone can become celebrity. Of course when a woman covers herself then she is depriving others from some entertainment. How can that be tolerated.

However “perception” is that women are forced to wear burkha and are therefore oppressed. Where few handfuls may fit under that category as that can happen to anyone, to do with anything and anywhere in the world and not only limited to Muslims or Burkha, but majority do that by their own will and for that reason instead of “perception” I call it “misconception”. However people who try to force that off they are the one who are trying to oppress according to the word’s definition.

[ummmm]

A few handfuls? Are you serious Keyplus?

Society....it's not a religious thing. It was made up by men to suppress women in Countries where a woman can still be stoned to death because she was raped.

Some Muslim countries have also banned it certain places....

[society]

Some Muslims countries have banned it? Never knew that.
Thanks Ummm you and Vibes have thought me some today. x :-)

[naomi24]

Bobbi, your comment gives the impression that Muslim women should be treated differently from everyone else. 'I wouldn't dream of attacking anyone - full stop' would have been more appropriate.

Ummmm, no he isn't serious - he just wants everyone here to believe he is.

[KARL]

To clarify: The wearing of the Burkha, veil or whatever it is called is mostly a custom, not a religious requirement that is set down in the Quran. A Muslim friend told me that (because he was jealous/mistrustful of his younger and attractive second wife) Mohammed himself, later in life, became stricter on this aspect and therefore his practice and that of his followers was to require women to be more modest than "modest" in their dress as the Quran requires. That has now passed into religious observance among some (certainly not all) Muslims. In effect what I was told is that the custom was ratcheted up - I mention this only as what I was told and no doubt this can be researched from the relevant sources. The main point is that people adopt the habits of their society and therefore it would not be surprising if many/most of those Muslim women who are brought up thinking that having a strand of hair showing amounts to nudity actually feel very uncomfortable if that happens by accident, never mind if it is forced on them. Similarly, almost all European women would feel uncomfortable to be topless where it is not the norm, and a large percentage would even also feel uncomfortable among aboriginal people somewhere in the tropics even though they all go topless. On the other hand, none of the heavy-cover-up Muslims we have mixed with think my wife is wrong not to wear their type of clothing. Also, they do not suggest our culture is damned to hell or equivalent for not covering up in their style. I take this to be an acknowledgement of what is undeniably a fact: Our customs are very largely the result of the accident of birth and while they suit us it is unrealistic to expect others to adopt them as a matter of course. Had I been brought up in certain parts of the world it is highly likely that I would be fervently elitist about the religion I was born into whereas as it is I am utterly convinced that adhering to religious paraphernalia and rituals does not con

[KARL]

....fer on us divine approval. (my post was cut short for some reason)

[jaydah]

The burkha is an insult to western women who fought hard for their freedoms and were imprisoned for the cause.

Here is an erotic society

http://travel.webshot...album/550589950BEBxtD

[sp1814]

KARL

Very well put.

[deggers316]

so why can women wear full face burkas and go into a shopping centre when a young guy is asked to remove his hood if he has it up ???

[lucca]

Very good point, deggers.

[andy-hughes]

Regardless of the stated reason, it cannot be acceptable to assault a stranger in the street because you don't like the way they are dressed.

Where do we draw the line? A quick cricket stump behind the ear of any man I see with a ponytail?

It simply beggars belief that this woman thinks she can enforce her predjudices with physical violence. I hope she feels the full weight of the law to avoid such dreadful behaviour being seen as anything other than unacceptable.

[ludwig]

It's not really about the burkha. Someone assaulted someone else, and they'll be treated accordingly.

[tamborine]

next time an arab buttons up my blouse I'll scream & sue - d'you think the broadsheets will care...... like hell