I am a muslim myself and I dont really mind women wearing Burkhas or Hijab. Its their own right to do so and noone should be able to force them to wear something or not wear something. I would disagree with the French President's say on this mainly because a country should not be run on ban basis when its not really a major threat to the country itself. Muslims all over the world are being badly portrayed for the few die hard fanatics of Al Qaeda and Talibans and all other terrorist organizations. France does have a huge population of Muslims and its hard to understand why they would decide on such a BAN all so quick without a detailed discussion with the Muslim Communities around them.
Burkhas are indeed not mandatory for Muslims, its a culture followed by Arabs in the middle east and we should not say a "Burkha" is something disgraceful or something that posseses a threat to us. Its quite frankly an attire to cover up the entire body of a women. Yes, women are shown to be less important by following such a rule of wearing Burkhas all the time. Iran is a lot more strict than other Muslim Countries, they are Shia - another branch of the Muslims which is quite similar to Catholics of the Christians mainly because its more conservative. The Talibans are ruthless murderers and lets not forget that they do not have a stronghold in Afghanistan anymore thanks to the U.S. But quite sadly, Pakistan is getting bombarded with all these Taliban militants.
Muslim women are supposed to wear clothes to cover most of their body parts as the Holy Koran does state it. In my Bangladeshi culture, women do not wear Hijabs or Burkhas, however most of the wives and daugthers Muslim clerics and Imams do wear Burkhas when they are out of the House. Then again, the muslims in France did agree to live and be brought up in France so they should accustom to the culture of France and the rules of the government and the constitution itself.
Ba$im 
06-26-2009, 02:13 AM
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