George Jonas and the NP editorial has looked at only part of the problem. Niqabs or burkas can have one or two meanings. The first is that this is a dress code forced on a woman by her husband or family. It is a form of imprisonment, oppression, and mental violence forced on a woman. As such it should be illegal. The other alternative is that it is a dress code that the woman wants to wear. But as with all dress codes, it signifies certain thoughts. In this case it represents, not a religious requirement, but a particular religious ideological - that of the Taliban or Islamists. This includes the belief in female circumcision, that Islam should be the dominant religion in Canada and that Jews, Christians should be given inferior status, that Canadian Hindus and Buddhists should be forced to convert to Islam or be killed, that polygamy should be legal, that women should be stoned for adultery and many other ideas that would be illegal in Canada. By wearing the Burka, women are promoting hatred against other religions, illegal medical procedures and murder. If they participate in most of these ideas, their actions will be illegal.
Dressing in a burka is equivalent to walking around the streets nude or walking in the streets wearing a legally obtained gun with a sign saying" Let's kill Buddhists and oppress Christians". I don't believe that giving people that much freedom is helpful to our society. It is not only offensive but dangerous to the continued freedom of our society. Therefore the burka and the niqab should be banned.
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Islamism is not only an ideology but a culture - one that most Canadians find in most respects to be abhorrent and contrary to and harmful to our cultural norms. It is what we are fighting against in Afghanistan. Although this ideology or custom is based on religion it should be dealt as any other other repressive, negative or harmful ideology would be dealt with.
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