After thinking about it for some time, I have realized that there are some security threats. What if someone underage wants to go into a nightclub? They can just use the ID of an older person who wears a burqa and also has a similar height, skin color, and eye color to them.
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Okay, let's think about this for a second.
You're concerned about a traditional Muslim going to a night club?
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Yeah, because the bars and clubs I go to are FILLED with amish and Hasidic Jews.
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Either way, the "security threats" in places that tend to be popular bar hopping areas are typically vandalism, littering and loitering, mugging, and in extreme cases, assault, battery, rape, and other violent crimes. Typically, those people are NOT wearing religious garb, but maybe that's just my observation.
Yeah patriarchal cultures are really big on granting their women rights and freedoms.
Cultural relativism is a very slippery slope.
Now wait a second. Who said anything about women and their rights? These women are part of a religion that they are voluntarily a part of. They see these religious garments as a sign of MODESTY, not a symbol of submission. These women (and the men as well) believe they are respecting what they see as their bodies, God's gift to them, by being modest around society.
And in the US and other western, first world countries, their religious and citiszen rights are protected. If for some reason an Islamic man/husband BECAME abusive to his wife or daughter, there are laws to deal with that (just as if a Hasidic Jew became abusive to his family, or a traditional baptist, and so on)
Again, I made a very important distinction between traditional sects of Islam and the RADICAL Islamic sects as practiced in some parts of the Middle East, where women ARE second class citizens.
And FINALLY, if this is just some trendy "Psh, organized religions sucks, rage against the machine, brah", well then you'll just have to learn that people may choose different lifestyles. Hell, someday, you might have a cubicle or desk next to someone who chooses to wear a burga. Try going up to that person and telling her that she's totally been brainwashed. If your first thought of a woman in a burga is "could be brainwashed", that is just as despciable of a thought as any racial stereotypes that have been perpetuated.
On another note, I think it's really interesting that Europe, having been around as a "civilized" part of the world longer than the Americas, is finally dealing with this type of racial and ethnic tension. In countries where ethnic diversity is defined by where the white people are from rather than skin color, Europe hasn't been a "melting pot" like the US has in terms of ethnic and cultural diversity. Clearly, with burqa bans and the Minaret ban in Sewitzerland, there are some growing pains and Europeans will have to deal with the cultural push and NOT give in to bigotry to make laws to prevent "those people" from peacefully living in Europe.
I've openly said in this thread that if women choose to wear it they can. If that's not a case of "letting them be" then I don't know what is. However, if you're telling me to stay silent and not pass judgement on the many many problems with Islam, you can expect little more than a polite request to put a metaphorical finger to the lips of your keyboard.
I've openly said in this thread that if black women choose to dress like ****s. If that's not a case of "letting them be" then I don't know what is. However, if you're telling me to stay silent and not pass judgement on the many many problems with black culture, you can expect little more than a polite request to put a metaphorical finger to the lips of your keyboard.