Thread:Comments:France first to enforce burqa ban/Good!

I'm glad somebody has finally been brave enough to do this.

The burqa is a prime example of people expecting their religion to let them get away with things nobody else can. One is not allowed to enter a bank wearing a motorcycle helmet (or anything else that covers their entire face), for security reasons, and the same applies to various tube stations. Muslims expect to be allowed to violate this rule on the basis of an outdated and probably false (as with all religions—I'm not singling Islam out on that count) set of morals that are supposed to be unchallengeable on the basis that they extend to the existence of a deity.

If I were to try to go about my daily life with a scarf wrapped around my face, I would—rightly—be asked to remove it to perform various tasks, and I would consider it impolite to walk around in such a manner in public. I, for one, am rather intimidated by people who walk around with their faces covered, and I expect I am not alone.

However, Muslims expect, on the basis of their religion, to be exempted from this. If one cannot enter a shopping centre in a hooded top, why should one be allowed to do so with their full body and face covered in a thick black garb? It is somewhat unfair, methinks.

If these people wish to wear the burqa in the privacy of their own home, or within their place of worship, they are perfectly free to do so, and they are—of course—free to believe in whatever religion, or system of morals, they wish. However, they must also comply with the laws of the land, as must everybody else, and this includes removing their face covering in public places (esp. banks, subway stations, shopping centres, and passport terminals).

The law of the land is not applied selectively based on religion. One cannot pick and choose which aspects of it to follow. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.