Bangladesh court to decide on freedom to wear burkhas in schools

[mb444]

It is no ones business what a woman wears.... let her make the call.... neither courts nor politicians should get involved.

Society needs to accept whatever individual women decides....

 

[Jf Thunder]

Who r u to decide what is abomination and what is not.

I dislike burkas as well and feel sorry for those who wear it in the hot and humid weather of Bangladesh. But its their choice and they feel safe under the cover of burqa. We should respect tha

most of it is forced
and it is a security threat

 

[Neptune_]

It is no ones business what a woman wears.... let her make the call.... neither courts nor politicians should get involved.

Society needs to accept whatever individual women decides....

I agree with u. But do girls in our society actually get the chance to decide on their own?

Let me give u an example. One of my best friends is very religious and he has two beautiful nieces. One is perhaps 9/10 years old while the other is around 5. One day i got very surprised when i saw both of them with burqas. It's been almost 4/5 months and i don't think they have ever come out of their house without wearing that particular attire since then.

Now tell me, isn't our society systematically forcing girls to wear burqa? The two girls that i have stated above, do u think they will be able to get rid of burqua even if they want to once they get old enough to take decision on their own? I don't think so. By that time it will be a part of their life.

I used to sport a mustache in my collage days and it took me a lot of courage to shave it off for the first time. And here we r talking about something which girls r influenced/forced to wear from a very tender age. Do u think a girl after covering herself for 9/10 years from her childhood will muster up the courage to get rid of it even if she wants to?

most of it is forced
and it is a security threat

I agree with both of the points. But i don't think govt/court has the right to intervene in this matter. As u said most r influenced/forced, but not all.

Some of them genuinely want to cover themselves up. It will be a discrimination against them and and their belief if govt forces them to not wear something they want to especially in a muslim majority country like BD.

 

[Skies]

Covering face should be banned.

It is so disturbing that some can recognize me but I cant recognize her when her face is covered.

 

[Jf Thunder]

I agree with u. But do girls in our society actually get the chance to decide on their own?

Let me give u an example. One of my best friends is very religious and he has two beautiful nieces. One is perhaps 9/10 years old while the other is around 5. One day i got very surprised when i saw both of them with burqas. It's been almost 4/5 months and i don't think they have ever come out of their house without wearing that particular attire since then.

Now tell me, isn't our society systematically forcing girls to wear burqa? The two girls that i have stated above, do u think they will be able to get rid of burqua even if they want to once they get old enough to take decision on their own? I don't think so. By that time it will be a part of their life.

I used to sport a mustache in my collage days and it took me a lot of courage to shave it off for the first time. And here we r talking about something which girls r influenced/forced to wear from a very tender age. Do u think a girl after covering herself for 9/10 years from her childhood will muster up the courage to get rid of it even if she wants to?

precisely on point, exactly why it should be discouraged.

I agree with both of the points. But i don't think govt/court has the right to intervene in this matter. As u said most r influenced/forced, but not all.

Some of them genuinely want to cover themselves up. It will be a discrimination against them and and their belief if govt forces them to not wear something they want to especially in a muslim majority country like BD.

you basically answered this yourself in the above part. Its not their choice, it is forced upon them from a young age, thus making them "think" its their own "choice"
The government does have a right to ban or discourage something if it produces harmful effects
just like the Government can ban child marriages, even though they are a personal matter.
And we should really start disconnecting this Burka from Islam, it has nothing to do with Islam except being propaganda against this beautiful religion.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Have they done anything wrong hiding their own face from society?
Live with confidence & dignity. Man and woman are equal.

 

[prashantazazel]

It's largely forced or coerced. Otherwise, the argument of personal choice would have held.

 

[Bilal9]

Not going to touch this with a ten-foot pole.

In enough trouble with women in my life getting asked 'how they look' before they go out.

Leave this up to each individual woman.