Map of countries with bans: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Burka_ban_world_map.svg/1024px-Burka_ban_world_map.svg.png
Map of countries with bans: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Burka_ban_world_map.svg/1024px-Burka_ban_world_map.svg.png
Not even a debate. People who think this probably don’t know many Muslims. It’s blatant islamophobia. Most of the based Muslim activists I knew locally are hijab wearing women and are proud of it.
Burqa can and has been used to oppress women, including members of my family, but if you’re looking at tools to oppress women in western society surely you’d start elsewhere. It’s nowhere near as widespread as it’s made out to be. Demonisation of women wearing burqa on the other hand is very dangerous and has caused countless hate crimes towards those women.
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They’re rare and new for most Muslim communities, vast majority wear hijab and wore a simple shawl around their head prior to the 70s/80s. For example my grandparents’ generation still wear saris, while their daughters and grandchildren wear more conservative hijabs and even burkas.
Most 2nd and 3rd generation Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in east London tend not to wear them because it’s not what they grew up around and others see it as extreme but commendable (like a sacrifice/symbol of devotion to god). Having said that, I do know a comrade through momentum who does cover her face. I don’t necessarily agree with her reasons. If anything I’d discourage it within my own community.
It’s like when chuds bring up black on black crime. Yes it’s important to address the issue, but that’s not what they’re doing is it? Muslim women are already one of the most targeted groups for hate crimes in Western Europe.