Tuesday 27 July 2010

Calls to ban burqa ignore real issue of how women are oppressed in the West

The Western media has been fuelling the debate on the Muslim women's dress code, following the ban on the niqaab and burqa in the French Parliament and calls by a Conservative MP Philip Hollobone for a ban in the UK. The current climate is very similar to the period when the Labour MP and former Home Secretary, Jack Straw, raised the issue some years ago. In light of this debate we would make the following points: Read more>>>

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