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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see burkas downtown and in gtown all the time.[/quote]

I doubt you know the difference between a burqa, hijab and niqab, or even a kaffiyeh for that matter. [/quote]

Not the PP. I do, and see burkas in No. VA every day. Go to Tysons II mall and it's full of 'em - usually Saud[/quote]

That's not a burqa. That is a niqab. Jesus, if you're going to be an islamophobe, do it properly.[/quote]

Full black robes with only their eyes showing?[/quote]

Right, that's a niqab. A niqab is not a burqa is not a chador and calling one the other makes you sound ignorant and islamophobic.

Listen, I think the sexually unbalanced covering of women's whole bodies and faces is moronic (as I find the unbalanced garb of Amish, Orthodox Jews etc equally offensive on a feminist level), but this making them "other" doesn't do anything but further alienate them as people and as a culture. Do you remember the recent "burqini" ban in France? Do you know why Muslim women hated that so much? Because the burqini, while wildly oppressive by our eyes (or excellent sun protection, depending how you feel), allowed those women to go to the beach and partake. Same thing here: stupidly oppressive outfit by Western standards, but it allows them to leave their homes.

Don't forget that just because they look anonymous under there doesn't mean they aren't people. [/quote]

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