Australia should ban the burqa based on a multitude of reasons. The main reasons are the Burqa creates a threat to national security, violates the fundamental need for identification in all social circumstances preventing social cohesion and for the burqa not only arouses health and safety issues to others but for the person wearing it as well.
Australia’s national security should not be compromised for the few who wear the burqa. Both men and women can easily use the burqa, and many will take advantage of the lack of identification and use them to thieve, rape, and murder. Theses sorts of activities only increase Islamic extremist and terrorist attacks. For example the African nation Republic of Congo, as well as France are banning the burqas due to the latest attacks, no country is …show more content…
It is the twenty first century where women finally have more and more freedom to make choices in this modern society. It is ridiculous that in article 3 of the universal declaration of human rights, it states that eeveryone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, language, religion, or opinion. Clearly implying that any race and its religion should be respected and accepted. Freedom of speech and self-expression is not a new rule it has been around for ages. Contrary to this, banning the burqa is exactly doing the opposite and is instead restricting Muslims of what they should and should not wear. If forcing someone to wear the burqa is oppressive, forcing someone to remove it is equally oppressive. It will make a mockery of a Australia’s status as a ‘free’
Australia’s national security should not be compromised for the few who wear the burqa. Both men and women can easily use the burqa, and many will take advantage of the lack of identification and use them to thieve, rape, and murder. Theses sorts of activities only increase Islamic extremist and terrorist attacks. For example the African nation Republic of Congo, as well as France are banning the burqas due to the latest attacks, no country is …show more content…
It is the twenty first century where women finally have more and more freedom to make choices in this modern society. It is ridiculous that in article 3 of the universal declaration of human rights, it states that eeveryone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, language, religion, or opinion. Clearly implying that any race and its religion should be respected and accepted. Freedom of speech and self-expression is not a new rule it has been around for ages. Contrary to this, banning the burqa is exactly doing the opposite and is instead restricting Muslims of what they should and should not wear. If forcing someone to wear the burqa is oppressive, forcing someone to remove it is equally oppressive. It will make a mockery of a Australia’s status as a ‘free’