Nick Ryan, Do you think that for example muslim women moving to Britain should abandon their burkas and their right to dress according their religion in a name of integration?
Asked by PikkuMemy on Oct 31 2007 6:49:46 PM and supported by 41 members
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My own view is that a Burkha is too restrictive and not necessary
under even sharia. A modest head covering and clothing does not mean
a full body sheet. In my opinion, that is a sign of subjugation and
'separateness'. When you come to live in a host country, you adapt to
its ways ("When in Rome, do as the Romans do"). However, very few
Muslim women I think would wear full Burkhas in a country such as
Britain. Of course, I do know women who do so and I wouldn't 'force'
them to change. But you can be a Muslim woman, modestly covered,
without going for a complete veil: this seems to me the recent
influence of more Wahabist and Saudi-influenced practises.