Denmark backs off plans to ban the Burqa

by Infidelesto on September 17, 2009 · Comments

bummer…

Now before all you libtards reading this freak out, remember a burqa is not the same thing as a simple head scarve.  It’s a complete gown from head to toe covering everything but the eyes, and yes it represents control over women and suppression of women’s rights.  IT’s a disgusting policy of Islamism that should be rejected by all western countries.

Daily Telegraph

DENMARK’S Conservative Party shelved a proposal to ban the burqa, the head-to-toe Islamic veil, after government lawyers said it could violate human rights, the justice minister says.

The centre-right party is the junior member in a minority coalition government with the Liberals, which opposed banning the burqa.

Justice Minister Brian Mikkelsen, a Conservative, says Government lawyers have advised a ban could breach the European Convention of Human Rights and the Danish constitution.

“It is clear to me as minister of justice … that we cannot sign up to a project that raises such legal issues,” he said.

But Mr Mikkelsen added that a working group had been set up by the Government to explore “other ways of fighting against the burqa’s spreading popularity” in public places.

“The burqa represents a view of women that has no place in Denmark,” he said.

Plans to ban the burqa, first put forward by the Syrian-born Conservative lawmaker Naser Khader, has sparked controversy among politicians and the public alike.

But Mr Khader, the Conservatives’ spokesman on integration, staunchly defended his proposals at his party’s annual conference last week.

“The burqa is a symbol of repression from men who want to control women 100 per cent,” he told delegates. “Why are there no men who have to cover themselves with a blindfold over their eyes?”

His proposal received strong support from the far-right Danish People’s Party, a key ally of the Coalition Government in the Danish Parliament.

The ban on the traditional Islamic garment is also being debated elsewhere in Europe.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently said the burqa was “not welcome” in France as it clashes with its secular tradition. He set up a commission to look into whether it should be banned.

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  • SirWilhelm
    It's fine to be concerned about human and constitutional rights, but the authorities are so concerned with those things that they are missing the more important issue the burqa raises. Safety. Burqas have already been used as disguises to commit crimes and to commit terrorist acts. The terrorist acts are the biggest concern. If a terrorist uses a burqa to cover up the suicide bomb belt and/or vest they are wearing, what happens to the human and constitutional rights of their victims? Don't their rights to the safety of life and limb outweigh the beliefs of a minority religious belief? Muslims should be more than willing to compromise their beliefs to ensure the safety of their neighbors, although they are obviously not. The principles of freedom of religion have not prevented western secular govts from regulating religious practices to protect the majority from possible abuses. I hope they reconsider this issue from this angle.
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