Re: Burqa Bannings
Yes! For one (minimal) incident let's ban the burqa for security reasons. The world will be so much safer, because every day people (mis)use the burqa for wrong purposes.
Going by that analogy, cars should be banned too. Sikandar (and other terrorists and goons) drove around in a car. You can hide anything or anyone in cars and go from place to place. And then kill people.
It's a security issue. During the Lal Masjid issue, the two men in charge of keeping people hostage in a masjid for not following their brand of Islam, one of them tried to escape in a Burqa.
And if you wonder how things are being funnelled in Pakistan and it's difficult to trace people and follow people, the burqa becomes a terrorists best friend. Men can hide in them, and women as well, and funnel illegal stuff back and forth without a problem and without even getting identified - makes secret service goals even harder when you can't see people.
In a city where there is free flow of ammo, where ammo is hidden inside masjids, where people parade around in burqas to conduct acts of terrorism, I think it's a fair question to pose - let's get rid of the burqas, everyone must show their face, be open to pat downs by security guards, and the insides of masjids need to be open for people to investigate and see.
Simple. You can't let criminal activity run rampant in the name of Islam, then you become an accomplice in this mess yourself.
Car analogy is just wrong, but if you were to suggest that the possession of weapons needs to be regulated/controlled, and the government needs to know who is buying a gun and why, then I agree, there should be control over that. Sikandar did not use his car to conceal anything, it was hid mode of transport, but he did use a gun that would be a direct cause of damage, so anything that can directly cause damage or hide things, should be controlled.
Would you not feel safer living in a neighborhood where you could see everyone's face, and you knew who was who and you could identify an imposter or someone that doesn't belong.
Again, bring religion into this, and may I remind you that even in Saudi, you can't hide your face for security purposes. You can wear a chaddar, but they have strict guards who if they think you're suspicious will have no qualms in patting you down, investigating you, and in my case when I tried to ask some lady a question and she was trying to direct me some other way, actually SHOVED me to the ground. They may be ridiculous, but they know they need a tight security control there, based on events in the past where people have taken the Kabbah at hostage and tried to dig tunnels to the Prophet's grave to dig out his body. Hence, HEAVY SECURITY. You can't even pull out a camera without getting 10 questions. So they require you show your face.
I don't see why this would be taking away anyone's rights esp if the end result is to cut down on the terrorist activity where innocents are losing lives daily.
