Re: My official stance on burqas
Your mothers and daughters are more safer walking in Peshawar in the middle of the night than they are in American cities during the day...
Except they're not really approved to walk the streets late at night...
See, the problem is of balance. Why can't desis be balanced?
Yes, a woman should do whatever she can to prevent unwanted attention. Who wants to be looked at with lusty eyes by a guy who just wants to f' you, as if they've sucked on a payaa bone and thrown it away? That's just animal instinct, and no one wants to debase themeslves to that, and that too by a stranger who is not making any committment to go along with the sex.
Neither do men want their family women to be mishandled by other men, and even by men within the family.
So what can a female do? Keep herself covered and away from situations that could unduly put her at a disadvantage. People on Roman's side should be aware that even rape-prevention classes in the US encourage women not to travel alone late at night, carry that stuff to spray (what is that called?) if they're out and alone, to have a cell phone on them at all times, how to fight physically, etc.
So what can a man do? Learn to CONTROL himself.
Islam, FYI, approaches the matter from both sides. It tells the girls to watch out - cover themselves, travel with other people, be careful late at night and also travel with people, keep other men by your side when travelling, use self-defense (hitting and beating is totally allowed if you're being attacked by anyone), etc.
It tells guys to control their lust, keep their eyes lowered, treat others humanely, etc. Nowhere does the Quran or Sunnah encourage anyone to lift their hand or penis against a woman such that she will be hurt.
But in reality, the way its practiced is that women are mandated to wear the burqa (which I do think takes it a bit far, especially since it is forced in many areas), and they ignore the training that a guy should be getting to control himself.
Furthermore, a burqa or hijab or whatever should not INHIBIT teh woman from doing good things with her life. If the burqa comes along with the command of "don't go to school" or "dont walk outside of the house", etc, then its oppression.
Since the burqa often does come with these commands, people mistake the Burqa as the tool of suppression. When really, its the harsh orders, and the threats that are keeping the woman suppressed.
The Burqa is indeed being misused by mullahs and insecure men. No doubt about it. But just like a man can misuse his penis against a woman, it doesn't make penises bad things (bad analogy, but the perverts here wont understand otherwise)