Not as if there had not been dress codes before.
Saying it stems from a cultural tradition that was incorporated into the religion. Its why only a small minority of Islamic countries require/prefer the burqa (SA, Afghanistan, parts of Pakistan, a few Muslim populations in some regions of India) but the vast majority don't. The largest population Islamic country doesn't even require head covering of any kind.
Its a cultural tradition appropriated by religion to become a symbol of said religion. How many Biblical verses discuss the Easter Bunny?
Now just ban those ghettos where even Police is afraid to enter and problem solved.
The issue with minorities and Muslims as an extreme example is that they don't want to socialize with other people in new environment. As closed communities, they create various threats and this should be countered by law. Banning religious clothes like burkas is a great start. You can wear anything you'd like at home, but when you come to a country that has some rules and laws, you follow them, and not enforce your laws based on religion or cultural background. Just imagine yourself running around with close over your head in Muslim countries - in some you will be dead in a matter of minutes. I'm not telling we should respond with the same of course, but we need to have tools for people that interfere with laws and our environment and I think we can do a bit better in this regard.
As a Christian, I have nothing against banning crosses hanging all over the place. It does not matter in what do I believe to my customers or people I work with.
The Koran states that a woman must not make more of her beauty 'than that which is apparent'. Or something similar. This has been interpreted by different cultures to mean different things. They probably claim the right to interpret the words their way so you end up seeing some people dressed in a sack and some people with a headscarf, high heels, skinny jeans and face covered in makeup.
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No shit, just like you can ban tattoos and other bullshit that doesn't hold up your dress standards.
You're getting exactly what you deserve.
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Have you seen at least 10 women in you're lifetime wearing a burka? Chances are you haven't unless you went to SA.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13038095
Only an estimated 150 women wear the full niqab in AustriaFrance has about five million Muslims - the largest Muslim minority in Western Europe - but it is thought only about 2,000 women wear full veils.I can't imagine that to be so much different across other countries.....the only thing that is a symbol of oppression is people trying to oppressing women from wearing the things they like. You don't like the headscarf? That's bad for you but that isn't a symbol of oppression but you using the burka as a justification to ban other pieces of cloths is a sign of oppression.Around 5% of the Netherlands' 16 million residents are Muslims, but only around 300 are thought to wear the niqab or the burka. The wearing of headscarves is far more common, however.
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Have you seen at least 10 women in you're lifetime wearing a burka? Chances are you haven't unless you went to SA.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13038095
Only an estimated 150 women wear the full niqab in AustriaFrance has about five million Muslims - the largest Muslim minority in Western Europe - but it is thought only about 2,000 women wear full veils.I can't imagine that to be so much different across other countries.....the only thing that is a symbol of oppression is people trying to oppressing women from wearing the things they like. You don't like the headscarf? That's bad for you but that isn't a symbol of oppression but you using the burka as a justification to ban other pieces of cloths is a sign of oppression.Around 5% of the Netherlands' 16 million residents are Muslims, but only around 300 are thought to wear the niqab or the burka. The wearing of headscarves is far more common, however.
yeah, that's one way to express it.
Decent starting point:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burqa#In_Islamic_texts
"The pen is mightier than the sword.. and considerably easier to write with."
The Bible has many similar passages, we just tend to ignore them.
Hair coverings, shawls and the like were very common in the West until pretty recently. The irony is that the hatred of the burqua et al is a culture shock from a society that's gotten so used to liberalism in the last few centuries.