After the proposal of ban on burqa, more than a dozen women remonstrated outside the Dutch parliament. They wore a niqab, long robes and veils that expose only their eyes.
Ayse Bayrak, protest organizer said,
‘We live in a free country and the government cannot tell us what to do with our religion. We don’t live in a dictatorship. We don’t live under the Taliban, which oppresses women’.
Hardline Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk is trying to stop the legislation banning the burqa and other clothes that cover the face in public places.
However, its not clear whether the new coalition government will accept the views of Verdonk’s Liberal Party or not.
There are clear signs of a shifting away from the Netherlands‘ traditional spirit of tolerance as the country struggles with how to incorporate the mounting immigrant population.
Out of 16 m people in Dutch, nearly 6% are Muslim.
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ok Ayse Bayrak and Rita Verdonk, since its a free country can i also start wearing the KU KLUX KLAN robes and ski masks to the supermarket?? its not fair that just muslims get to cover their face.
and did you ever think that now the theifs could start wearing the burqa and start robbing stores which would make more muslims look bad?
(i’m sorry but i gota comment again or i will bust!)
ok, what the hell is a burqa? I’v lived in the 2 holiest cities on earth.....you guessed it MECCA AND MEDINA....and i just have to say I have never seen this blue thing called the burqa!
INFACT PEOPLE......YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COVER YOUR FACES IN THE 2 HAREMS WICH IS THE PROFITS MOSQUE IN MEDINA AND IN THE HOLY KABAH OF MECCA!!
INFACT PEOPLE....YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COVER YOUR FACE WHILE PRAYING! AND THERE IS NOT ONE PLACE IN THE HOLY QURAN THAT SAYS COVER YOUR FACE!!
so you see.....this burqa thing is all made up in Afganistan somewhere and now they claim that the burqa is required by islam? they are liers and will burn for it! and for shaming Islam!
so you burqa women just try to go to OMRA or HAJ and see what happens to your burqa, and you tell me that it is required to be a MUSLIM?....i don’t think so.....