Italy Wants to Prosecute Burqa Women
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MILAN – Plans by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s allies to prosecute Muslim women for wearing burqa, a loose outfit covering the whole body from head to toe, is infuriating the political establishment in the southern European country.
"A ban (on the burqa) would be xenophobic and discriminatory,” Mario Scialoja, the chair of the Islamic Culture Center of Italy, told Reuters late Thursday, October 8.
“The existing law should be enforced."
The far-right Northern League is pressing to amend a 1975 law to prosecute Muslim women for wearing burqa.
The law slaps hefty fines and up to two years in jail on people covering their faces with anything preventing their identification by police.
But the Northern League is now proposing to amend the law to ban “garments worn for reasons of religious affiliation”.
The far-right party also wants to remove from the law the expression “justified cause”, which has prompted courts to allow burqa on religious grounds.
Scialoja warned that a burqa ban would stigmatise Muslims, calling on Italian authorities to treat Muslim women with respect.
"We say no to a new law."
The burqa has been a hot issue in many European countries.
Last month, the Italian spa resort town of Montegrotto Terme banned the burqa.
A French MP has also proposed a ban on the wearing, sparking outcry among the Muslim minority and across the Muslim world.
Italy has a Muslim population of some 1.2 million, including 20,000 reverts, according to unofficial estimates.
Unconstitutional
The center-left opposition also strongly criticized the proposed burqa ban.
“(The plan is) unconstitutional because it infringes on religious freedom," said Donatella Ferranti, a member of the opposition Democratic Party.
Barbara Pollastrini, former centre-left minister for equal opportunities, also blasted the move.
She said the current legislation was sufficient, but needed to be more effectively enforced because the burqa "conveys a message of violation of women's human rights".
Italian Muslims have been in the eye of storm since the Berlusconi’s government and its far-right partners came to power.
The Northern League is widely accused of racism with many critics calling it the BNP of Italy, a reference to the British right-wing party.
Its election campaign played on issues such as immigration, crime and economic and cultural fears from immigration.
Portraying itself as a defender of Italy's Christian roots, it started its mission in the new government in May 2008 with bringing down a mosque in the northern city of Verona.
Last September, the League rejoiced the success of its campaign to halt the building of a mosque in the northern city of Bologna.
Last year, League MP Mario Borghezio burst into a church in the northern city of Genoa shouting anti-Islam statements.
Religious freedom !!!! my
Religious freedom !!!! my left foot !!! does islam itself believe religious freedom?????
and who said Burqas can't be
and who said Burqas can't be sexy!!
NOTONLY BURQA ITALY SHOULD
NOTONLY BURQA ITALY SHOULD BAN MUSLIM TO MIGRATE TO ITALY...
As punishment for wearing the
As punishment for wearing the Burqah,they sould be deported to an Islamic country.
Sexy Burka
Sexy Burka
...I think burqa shall be
...I think burqa shall be wear (ordered by law) only by ugly women and by ladies with hairy legs, whether they are muslim or not
Muslim men wear burqas too.
Muslim men wear burqas too. cross dressing muslims wear burkas.looooooooooooo. In Philly, muslim men wore a burka to rob a bank and killed 2 policemen. ban burkas please. Burkas are for whores maybe muslims whore are religious. Mo was slicck.
What a sad state of affairs -
What a sad state of affairs - let's put a Burka on sick allah and see how he likes it!
Try to imagine. You are born
Try to imagine. You are born into this world, like any other, but you will never, never feel the sun on your face.
For this person, it is only something they can imagine. They must wonder what it would be like to experience the sun. For if they step outdoors, even for a moment, uncovered, they will be murdered.
Nor will they ever in their whole life have the experience of the wind blowing through their hair. They can see the wind blowing the leaves. Sometimes, if not gloved, they can feel the wind on their hand. But that is it. No more, not ever.
This is what muslim males have done to girls and women. No person in their right mind would choose such a horrible life. To be deprived ot the sun and the wind is pure evil.
Any western country that is agreeable to this un-natural oppression is a full participator in this evil. Can they ask themselves, would I want to live my life like this, hidden from the sun?
These women are told from birth, not only will they suffer eternal hell-fire, but they are a disgrace and must hide themselves for everyone. The pressure brought to bear on women is over whelming and enforcement is brutal. They are not even allowed to object or to speak out against this misery.
If the free world can not be the voice for those who have no voice, it doesn't deserve to be free.
Muslim should not protest to
Muslim should not protest to this one, because their brothers are doing just the same to minorities in muslim countries even worse. Stop complaining and look at yourself, you have been given too much freedom and you always want more. The next one is sharia law that you want, no need to hide it. If there is an anti islam statement, it is a normal reaction. There is no anti buddhist statement in this world nor the buddhists shouting "my religion is peace". No need to do that because they are the true peace religion. Action speaks louder than words.
1. Burkah forgoes
1. Burkah forgoes identification of the person. and,
2. Muslimahs have no danger of any Muslim daring to violate their modesty or dignity in Italy.
Hence, burkah should be banned in all non-Islamic lands.
A picture speaks thousand
A picture speaks thousand words---- Burqa's new incarnation
Muslims seems to think that
Muslims seems to think that freedom comes one way, when they are the minority in any western countries they are expected to be treated like they are the majority,with the majority in the community to bend backwards for their culture need. When the muslims in Saudi Arabia and others,treat the minority in a human way then I will give them the respect they want. The problem with the west is that the politician can't seem to see the trees because of the forrest, to please the minority muslims. .The problem is that there is'nt a politician with enough balls and guts to say enough is enough .
Yes BAN them all and also
Yes BAN them all and also those hats!!
if they want to wear burkha then they must like she is in the picture :D
Sexxxxxxxxxxxxxy!!! Burkha Mini-Skirt :P
90% percent of Islamic women
90% percent of Islamic women will be happy to hear that burqa is banned ,90% of the muslim men will be shocked to know that they can no longer carry drugs disgusing as womwn
What about these leftists
What about these leftists show us their real commitment to human rights by protesting the illegal violations of fundamental human rights of basically all the Muslim countries in the Middle East in their persecution of non-Muslims and death sentence for apostates?
burqa must be seen as a
burqa must be seen as a security threat not as a religious freedom.
It must be allowed to use burqa with out covering the face :).