Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Saturday, September 05, 2009 1:34:26 AM
"I have previously called for a ban on "these hideous, unhealthy, socially divisive, terrorist-enabling, and criminal-friendly garments" from public places. ...I reiterate that call. Islam requires that women wear neither niqab nor burqa, while public welfare emphatically requires their public prohibition. How many more cases of robbery and terrorism must occur for this common-sense stricture to be applied from Afghanistan and Jordan to the United Kingdom and Philadelphia?" - Daniel Pipes
"To remind, both garments are designed for the modesty of Muslim females;
the niqab covers all but the eyes and the burqa covers the entire face."
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