The Dutch move to ban burqa, solve trivial issue
As the title says, the Dutch government is considering a law that would ban the wearing of the burqa, a sort of head to toe garment, and other clothing that hides the entire face in public. Naturally, the Muslim community within the Netherlands is startled and, while not enraged, are frustrated by the new law, which could be interpreted to be unconstitutional, as it discriminates against a specific religion. The underlying issue is security, which seems to be the cookie cutter excuse for every new law nowadays, even if the "security hole" it plugs up seems to be quite small. The Dutch Muslim organization CMO has stated that the ban is "an overreaction to a very marginal problem". that "it's just ridiculous," as said by Ayhan Tonca, a member of the organization. She estimates that a staggering 30 people wear a burqa in all of Netherlands. Generally, most of Europe seems to be heading in this kind of direction, but most are more...lax than the Dutch. Case in point: Germany. Germany has outlawed teachers to wear head scarves in public schools, but that's it.Seriously, just because you find a handful of Muslim terrorists with plans to blow-up airplanes bound for the US doesn't mean that every Muslim has ambitions to bring the Western world down. Yes, the plan was twisted and scary, but every region, every country, every religion has its' share of nut jobs that take the interpretations of their holy text too far. Its almost trivial how the Dutch seem to think that they will stay on top of security with this new law. News flash: people with malignant intentions disguise themselves as average people. OK...ranting over...
posted by Ryan @ 11/17/2006 04:36:00 PM
2 Comments:
Are you kidding me? These women have made the choice to wear a burka! No where in the Koran does it say you have to wear a hijab or burka, this is stated in the Hadith for women to remain modest. Is there something wrong with modesty?
Also, modesty has nothing to do with suppression. I think I already said this same thing to you in a different post, you probably didn't read that comment though because it was longer than others. Anyway, as I said, Islam is not the supressive religion everyone makes it out to be. I really don't think promoting modesty and safety is suppressive.
Anyway, there are many people as you described. "More westernized." I wouldn't choose to describe it that way, because there are still people in the western world who have similar values. Nonetheless, I have seen people who call themselves Muslim, but expose their bodies, drink, do drugs, etc. Of course, only Allah can judge these people, but in my eyes, these people aren't true Muslims. Again, only Allah can judge them because intent plays a big role in Islam, and without knowing someone, I can't ascertain their intentions.
What you like and what you don't like doesn't really matter. If someone chooses to be Muslim, then they need to do what they feel necessary to be a good Muslim. Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab, nikab, or burka don't feel suppressed. In fact, most of them feel liberated. Wearing it immediately tells people they are Muslim, and it gives them more strength. I don't know where you got the idea of "the muslim clothing style" being suppressive. But it most certainly isn't. It's just modest and respectful.
rolypolyoly16, you are exactly. It's great that you have so much perspective compared to some people here that you can see the difference between making a Muslim person remove their headcovering and making someone remove their ski mask. Kieva, you're wrong, it does discriminate against Muslim women, and unfortunately, it is because of extremists. Even though it may have been constituted to protect citizens of that COUNTRY, It has it's basis in what I stated before.
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