I disagree with the so called tolerent labor party. They should be able to wear the veil... Religious freedom and all that. I have not problem with the Burka or veil if they are wearing it by choice..... I would bet that most Musulim women have more modesty than their Christian Western counterparts. Aterall they have not been corrupted YET. Leave them alone... Like we leave the Amish alone. Modesty is a virtue that Western Countries have abandoned and we should not force our poor morality on them.
The burka is more like gang insignia than anything to do with religion, and in many part of the muslim world, going uncovered means rape, beatings, and murder.
Ban the burka
The veil goes beyond vanity. It is a way for Moslem men to secure their possessions.
Tha Amish don't where bombs as waist belts. Also Amish allow others their freedom of religion, muslims believe either convert or die.
You are comparing apples and oranges.
Here's a though, they can follow this weeks announcement by their leaders they say they must follow and wear the masks - go home.
The announcment called all muslims back home...
The message of the veil is that men are unable to resist their sexual urges. Is that the lesson you want the West to embrace?
The Amish are not spreading out into the general population and demanding that we all live by their rules. In short, we "leave the Amish alone" because we have no reason to do otherwise, and because they leave us alone, too.
And yes, those Muslim women certainly do live modest, uncorrupted lives - as the property of Muslim men. I see nothing there for Westerners to envy, and would caution any who look on Islam as some sort of nostalgia-laden alternative to "corrupt" Western culture to make damned sure that they read the fine print.