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Submitted by Mike Kurtzig (United States), Aug 5, 2007 at 21:29

I was just at Heathrow last week, passing through security, when a lady (I assume a lady) went through security with a niqab/burka; the question which quickly came to mind: how did the security guard know who was behind the mask? If these people want to follow their manner of dress, then go back to where you came from; we are not going to change our society to fit your arcane and offensive ways. You are no different then the Hamas militants that terrorize Gaza. We see and know that societies that keep their women under wraps and oppressed, continue to be backward, primitive and poor; your efforts to impose that misery on us will not succeed.

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Muslim dresses [78 words]Janusz KowalikAug 2, 2007 13:13105314
They showed me in Burqa in Ballwin, MO [20 words]Mona YaqoobAug 2, 2007 13:13105313
Ban the Burqa [35 words]Iftikhar AhmadAug 2, 2007 12:53105311
1Nonsense [75 words]Abu NudnikAug 3, 2007 00:54105311
red mosque shows the advantage of burqa [109 words]JohnAug 3, 2007 04:52105311
The Burka: The Jenny Craig System of the Cave. [193 words]Maura CollinsAug 3, 2007 08:24105311
this is a good topic and the veil, whatever its called, degrades ones identity, so by means- this is the only method for men to avoid seeing the female ? [44 words]S.M. DhawaleAug 3, 2007 11:10105311
re: Ban the Burqa [27 words]ndnAug 3, 2007 14:11105311
Ban the Burqa, etc. [121 words]Richard GoodmanAug 3, 2007 18:31105311
to Iftikhar [11 words]ASAug 6, 2007 16:17105311
for abu nudnik [53 words]fatimaAug 18, 2007 20:51105311
1fatima check this out. [65 words]surjAug 21, 2007 18:23105311
But there is no coercion in religion! [4 words]Abu NudnikNov 1, 2007 14:21105311
Please try to stay on topic, Fatima [11 words]Abu NudnikNov 1, 2007 14:27105311
2More rape in Afghanistan under the Taliban than on West's nude beaches [112 words]Abu NudnikNov 1, 2007 14:54105311
1One you missed :) [52 words]Diana Dunham-ScottAug 2, 2007 12:35105310
The Burqini [87 words]Peter, ScotlandAug 3, 2007 18:40105310
2And it is an Australian invention [17 words]dhimmi no moreAug 4, 2007 16:15105310
Ban the Burka/Niqab [58 words]DAVID R. GROESBECKAug 2, 2007 11:58105307
i am also a victim [131 words]sushama dhawaleSep 4, 2007 12:28105307
Ban the Niqab, the Burqa and the Burkini too! [173 words]Allyson Rowen TaylorAug 2, 2007 11:30105306
Huh! [34 words]Nick4693Aug 2, 2007 19:52105306
A sexual deterrent [302 words]DonAug 3, 2007 09:48105306
reply to the age of my son, who just returned from Cannes with the topless women [70 words]Allyson Rowen TaylorAug 3, 2007 16:40105306
Advantages of Burka [140 words]gamalieli@hotmail.comAug 2, 2007 11:23105305
Your counter point is a little weak............. [272 words]TimothyAug 3, 2007 14:47105305
There is no other side of the argument [109 words]EsmeraldaAug 8, 2007 06:24105305
Nefarious cross-dressing [125 words]MarciAug 2, 2007 11:03105303
Dutch fear for loss of votes [64 words]William HohageAug 2, 2007 11:00105302
2they are on the winning side [41 words]surjAug 13, 2007 19:54105302
Difficult to implement [255 words]NorthernCrossAug 2, 2007 10:52105301
change first amendment. [115 words]surjAug 13, 2007 19:40105301
Changing it is throwing the proverbial baby out with the bathwater [76 words]NorthernCrossAug 14, 2007 18:55105301
1Civil society, like Islamic society, has behavioral norms [226 words]PatAug 2, 2007 10:51105300
1why the headgear... [115 words]donvanAug 2, 2007 14:26105300
1headgear isn't the issue [284 words]PatAug 3, 2007 07:44105300
1Unique dress... [183 words]donvanAug 6, 2007 09:02105300
Their costume isn't ours to choose [326 words]PatAug 6, 2007 18:22105300
Really great article! [68 words]JuneAug 2, 2007 10:25105299
Religious Travesty (a pun was intended) [15 words]GodotAug 2, 2007 10:25105298
1provocation as a way of life [132 words]G.VishvasAug 2, 2007 10:25105297
2Burqa will lead us to an Islamic State and there we will have Islamic laws punished by death, crucifixion or the cutting off of the hands and feet (Surah 5:33) [46 words]IntellectualAug 5, 2007 18:14105297
Dutch Muslims Condemn Burqa Ban [138 words]SuzyAug 9, 2007 04:18105297
2muslim ways of infiltration [93 words]G.VishvasAug 10, 2007 06:00105297
1More about face-covering [237 words]Dr William KleinAug 2, 2007 10:21105296
I agree [63 words]Twana BlevinsAug 2, 2007 10:16105294
Hijab is more sinister than burqa or niqab [187 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Mumin SalihAug 2, 2007 08:48105289
There is no basis in law to ban the hijab [135 words]Abu NudnikAug 3, 2007 00:48105289
1MODERATE ISLAM IS DEADLIER [315 words]N.KhanAug 3, 2007 16:49105289
2This is why the west does not get it! [139 words]Mumin SalihAug 3, 2007 17:11105289
Thank You N.Khan- Civil Liberty by " Moderate" Muslims means Islamist Libertinage. [90 words]YnnatchkahAug 4, 2007 02:59105289
The vitamin D law. [43 words]Brian HAug 4, 2007 16:51105289
Mumin Salih and the argument that has a kidney failure [103 words]HarrakAug 5, 2007 09:27105289
1How I Came to Love the Veil [1178 words]Julie HassanAug 6, 2007 15:30105289
1Julie unveil this for me please..... [199 words]Kamel KrazieAug 8, 2007 05:27105289
1Reply to Julie hasan [17 words]JohnAug 9, 2007 08:32105289
london [74 words]surjAug 12, 2007 14:17105289
Sikhs were ahead of Muslims in the blow up business. Ref: AIR INDIA [129 words]HarrakAug 13, 2007 10:57105289
Muslims are good at "taqqiya" (art of deception) [250 words]surjAug 13, 2007 19:14105289
1Sikhs are loyal to their country of residence and Muslims are only loyal to cause of Islamist Terror [308 words]CharanAug 14, 2007 01:28105289
Harrak , Please read to know that majority of Sikh Gurus were tortured and murdered by Muslims. [19 words]KhalsaAug 14, 2007 01:30105289
Harrak mon cher [43 words]Kamel krazieAug 14, 2007 05:02105289
about criticism [118 words]HarrakAug 14, 2007 15:04105289
what is the point !! Sikh martyrs [147 words]HarrakAug 14, 2007 15:13105289
I agree partly [101 words]HarrakAug 14, 2007 20:19105289
Harrak , go and read about Honour Killings of daughters , sister and female family members by muslims [236 words]KhalsaAug 15, 2007 02:06105289
Khalsa [22 words]HarrakAug 15, 2007 22:24105289
who borrowed whose [85 words]surjAug 19, 2007 20:25105289
Go and read Sikh History and Compare with 1400 years of Islamism. [105 words]PanthAug 22, 2007 03:15105289
1Sikhs are law abiding people and they have existed peacefully with people of every religion . [191 words]Wahe Guru Ji Ka KhalsaAug 22, 2007 03:25105289
Harrak has no idea about what is Sikhism and what it stands for ! [294 words]SandeepAug 22, 2007 03:30105289
Panth, the hair cut and the perfume argument [143 words]HarrakAug 23, 2007 11:01105289
Remember [188 words]MonteOct 12, 2007 22:45105289
Sikh - NO hair CUT policy [107 words]SinghOct 14, 2009 23:20105289
The turban [66 words]Harrak The HandsomOct 19, 2009 15:39105289
Misleading [59 words]JamesNov 18, 2011 15:43105289
1Publicly Identifiable = Accountable [117 words]MontyAug 2, 2007 08:46105288

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