Ban the Burqa

Canadian Muslim Group Asks Harper to Ban ?Tribal Desert? Veils - Bloomberg.com

About time some decent muslims spoke out to ban the burqa which has nothing to do with Islam at all.

Hypocritical fundamentalists who think faith comprises dressing up like cockroaches.

Mmm, it's religious when it suits them usually. That goes for every religion whether Islam, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Atheism (if you're really atheist, go to work on the 25th December and Good Friday, you lazy ****ers).

I'm not anti-religion, per se, I'm anti-hypocrits.

I'm not sure this will happen to be honest given Canada's attitude toward personal freedoms.
However I don't think we should allow them to use shariah law for anything here. At the moment it is only used for arbitration (since 2004) but it's a slippery slope.

It could be influenced by the French who have already banned them and I know Canada has a lot of French connections.


Paul

Hmm - the irony is the very fundamentalists are the ones who think they practice the faith to the letter are the ones who are hot heads that are as far away from faith as one can imagine. They are the hypocrits.

I'm happy to celebrate all religious festivities Duvali - Yom Kipur or Ramadan. As for Christmas well I look forward to it every year. Otherwise you have long dark winter nights with not much to look forward to. Also, families and friends that don't normally get to see each other have an opportunity to visit loved ones and relatives.

As for France, they were one of the countries who took Turkey to the court of human rights for denying their citizens the right to practice their faiths when they banned extreme head scarfes in government buildings and universities. That is of course until they started experiencing the same problem and issues with extreme fundamentalism and segregation as practiced by some dorks in France.


It doesn't make one a hypocrit joining in festivities of any faith. It means spreading a bit of good soul imo.

Pah. Don't call yourself an atheist if you celebrate religious festivals. If I was an atheist, I'd ignore all religious festivals rather than follow the ones which suit you (hey, isn't that the point of my original post?). Besides, isn't it a bit saddening when the only time you get together with the rest of your family is on a day you're told to or obliged to?

I am a member of a human race in all its different aspects. I do not like to segregate my self into any body of ideology including atheism.

I like to and try to see good things in all of mankind. You may think its sad but such is life. It is a positive. I'm sure everyone has their own lives to live and reasons for their actions. There are many others like giving to charity, gifts and taking time off work to be with family etc etc...

You know anarchists and punk rockers in their effort to not conform to society and rules and regulations ended up all dressing like each other and conformed to the very point they were trying to object to complying with societies expectations.

Stating "call yourself an atheist" is no different than somebody wearing a burqa stating call your self a muslim this is how the real followers dress - in tkaing their pioety to the next level. But they are all misled followers who miss the essence of the very point they want to make. It is vanity and self indulgence. No more.

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.

Carl Sagan