Originally Posted by Francois Cellier

They also argued that it posed a security risk for banks and other institutions.

Of course, it is. it is so easy to hide a machine gun under the burqa.

We need an initiative for mandatory nude banking here in Switzerland.

In my view, this is a totally wrong approach.

What will happen, if the burqa is outlawed?

1. Those (probably few) women who like and want to wear it, will have been deprived unnecessarily and unjustifiably of a right.
2. Those woman who are forced by their husbands/brothers/fathers to wear it, will simply get locked into their homes, i.e., they will be deprived of even more freedom.

For these reasons, I am totally opposed to this development.

What should happen is to pass a law that would make it illegal for anyone to force anybody else to wear a burqa. I would happily support such a measure. It would criminalize men who suppress women by making them wear a burqa in the same way as domestic violence has been criminalized.

Will such a law be enforcible? Probably as much or as little as laws against domestic violence are enforcible.

1. Some women will have had enough and report transgressions, and in those cases, law enforcement can intervene ... just as there are women who report domestic violence.
2. Most women who wear the burqa will declare that they wear it by their own free will, and they will continue to do so so ... in the same way as most women who are regularly beaten by their husbands explain their black eyes by having fallen down a flight of stairs ... and so, the beating continues.

Originally Posted by Francois Cellier

In my view, this is a totally wrong approach.

Yes, I would agree.

BUT, as a famous nitpicker, I note:

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Those woman who are forced by their husbands/brothers/fathers to wear it, will simply get locked into their homes, i.e., they will be deprived of even more freedom.

... that this assumes the women were not doing anything useful for the family when they were going out. Locking up the women would mean a redistribution of the daily chores... Hmmm... Tough choice if you're a muslim hardman. Do you let your women go out in totally indecent clothing such as full body dress and head scarf? Or do you do shopping yourself? Damned if you do, damned if you don't...

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I think it's probably already illegal to force anyone to wear a burqa, in as much as it's illegal to force them to do anything. I suppose you could widen the scope of the law to make it easier to enforce.

I don't know where all these burqa ladies are, however. I've seen a total of two in the past year (at St Lazare).

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Saudis tourists, probably? They'll keep going to London instead...

Let's not be stupid. These laws are passed to achieve 2 things. One, attract the right wing vote. Two, tell muslims, esp. the ones still outside the country but thinking of immigrating, legally or illegally: "You're not welcome here".

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