Burqa Full Body

The burqa, a full body veil with a screen over the eyes to allow for some vision that is worn by some practising Muslim women, should be banned in France because it is a symbol of oppressive political ideology rather than religion. For example, scholars of Islam will say that nothing in the Koran requires Muslim women to cover their faces - only that it says to dress and act modestly. Some people, including French activist Fadela Amara, even argue that the veil is a “historic lie,” that it made its first appearance before that of Islam. In addition, some Islamist men who are extreme in their religion or supportive of the Taliban will force unwilling family members, such as wives and daughters, to wear the veil for one purpose: to hide women’s …show more content…
The ban imposes western culture on Muslim women and is “a profound retreat for the right to freedom of expression and religion,” according to Amnesty International, which is one of the most well known human rights organization in the world. There is truth to their words; banishing such a strong symbol of religious identity from the streets of France is an outright attack on freedom of religious expression. Furthermore, the purpose of the ban is also to assert European cultural dominance rather than simply accepting a multicultural society. For example, France is a nation of topless beaches and billboards and posters with nude women on them. This excessive amount of immodesty objectifies women just as much as the excessive modesty of the burqa does, but is disregarded because it is a cultural norm. In addition, the burqa ban pirates the attention of the more serious problems facing Muslim women much more commonly, such as racism, discrimination, and Islamophobia. For example, in 2013 a Muslim woman miscarried after being attacked during her pregnancy by two men trying to remove her headscarf. Similar hate crimes are appearing all over France, and if the burqa is locked away because there is no freedom of expression, how can things ever