The right to wear a burka - by Brian Lilley
In Western culture we are used to being able to see the face of someone coming towards us, the military salute even grew out of the custom of knights raising their visors with an open hand to show they were unarmed and to reveal their eyes to the person they were approaching. While I doubt that any of the covered women I pass by in Wal-Mart have weapons hidden under their flowing robes, not being able to see their eyes or the expressions on their faces as you pass them in the aisles strikes me as odd. Yet still I can't support the move to ban the burka launched last week by the Muslim Canadian Congress and supported by my colleague Tarek Fatah.
If Muslims choose to leave behind such practice of their own volition, so be it, but governments should not be entering into the fray using the heavy hand of the law.
Note EU-Digest: One could agree that it is not up to Governments to establish an acceptable dress code. Corporations, institutions and places of study, however, do have the right to do so, given their independent status.
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