Garments meant to hide

Reader comment on item: Burqas and Niqabs in the Classroom?

Submitted by Ed Brophy (United States), Dec 9, 2005 at 16:50

The burkahs and all of the rest in my estimation have little to do with religion or cultural mores and more to do with property protection. In this west if I owned 2 mercedes and a Ferrari I would surely keep them in a garage and not out on the street for all to see. The Moslem man protects his human property (chatel) in the very same way.

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