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Dutch consider burqa ban to Muslim dismay Anti-dhimmitude in Holland. From Reuters:
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - If the Netherlands becomes the first European country to ban the burqa and other Muslim face veils this month, Hope says she'll resort to wearing a surgical mask to dress in accordance with her religious beliefs. "I'll wear one of those things they wore during the SARS epidemic if I have to," said the Dutch-born Muslim, one of about 50 women in the Netherlands who wear the head-to-toe burqa or the niqab, a face veil that conceals everything but the eyes.
"I'm very practical," the 22-year-old added.
Last December, parliament voted to forbid women from wearing the burqa or any Muslim face coverings in public, justifying the move in part as a security measure.
The cabinet is awaiting the results of a study into the legality of such a ban under European human rights laws, before making its final decision. The results are expected in the second half of this month.
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This is a ban that is long overdue. If Muslims or anyone else wants to move to the west they will have to become 'western' in their values and outlook. If they cannot do that they need to stay at home.
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What do you mean they have to become western ? do you think ii is not possible to be a Western and not being Muslim ?
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Bombon, I think you can be Muslim in the west BUT some of the cultural views found in the middle east and in many ways connected to Islam will not work in the west. Western women are liberated and they are liberated BY LAW. Islamic law is trumped by secular law in the west. The head coverings and burqua's, by their very nature, denote a different status for women that is simply unrealistic in western culture.
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