Quote Originally Posted by baggieal View Post
Several EU countries have banned the full-face veil (burqa) in public, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, and Bulgaria. The Netherlands and Switzerland have partial bans and Portugal are about to fully ban it.

For me it?s like treating women like dirt and in medieval times ie Afghanistan. There?s safety issues too as it?s hard for face recognition and after all - we are in the U.K. The Tories have just raised it and one MP says it should be banned.

My view is 100% ban it! Any other views?
It's difficult to integrate in new society when you can't see who you are talking to. It is a very prohibitive practice and keeps women second class within their own society and even in their own families. It is more a culture thing then actual Islamic practice but has been adopted and expanded to become another tool to subject females to lower class standing within their society.
It should be banned while in public areas.....also from a security point of view, it is usual for Hamas/Hezbollah terrorists to move around undetected while under a full burka. Israel knows this well and deals with it accordingly with police women on hand for further investigation, if someone looks doge.
Ban it!!