[inquest]

Now we're travelling into a whole new territory - that of laws that are inspired by religious beliefs. I have absolutely no use for burqa laws, but they're not violations of the first amendment. If that were the case, then our own Bill of Rights would be in violation, since the Founders themselves clearly stated that our rights are "endowed by [our] Creator". Is that not a religious belief?

[lugsoul]

Only if you believe there is only one view of who that Creator is.

Well, you've made yourself pretty clear, if you don't see such practices in Muslim countries as being an "establishment" of religion. With that kind of interpretation, you may as well take the establishment clause out of the Constitution.