Burqa Politics

Here are some of my opinions on the banning of Burqa in France after watching the talk show Insight on SBS One

• If you study the societies in the Islamic world there is more then enough evidence that symbols like a Burqa are used as a political tool to breed intolerance to any other way of thinking which might be contrary to their shallow interpretation of the Quran. Cloths and custom when outgrow their standard social role into a political tool they have to be dealt with accordingly.
• Burqa was never integral to Islam, and for some fanatics to claim that they are wearing Burqa for Prophet Mohamed is already a politicization of a costume (Burqa existed for 400 years before Islam and is a cultural symbol, it was assimilated into Islam as Islam became more widespread). Koran has only asked women to cover their breast since in those days many societies use to have topless women. All Muslim scholars agree on this point. Personally i don't see an issue in banning something that is backed by a Holy Scripture, in fact we do ban things that were part of the Holy Scriptures for example Talaq (where in a husband can divorce his wife merely by uttering this word 3 times in front of her, in Malaysia there was a case where a guy divorced his wife by sending an SMS with this word written 3 times) is banned in most of the Islamic countries.
  
• The French minister had a very good point wherein he said that if a woman wears a Burqa then he is a victim because she is refusing to show her face to him which is his very right to see the face of the person he is interacting with. I believe if we live in a society where there is a rule to not be naked as not to offend other people it is completely legitimate to make a rule that one has to show their face to the people they are interacting with in a society.
• The women in the talk show who were justifying a Burqa were so short tempered, what kind of spirituality are they following. To me it seems like they are mentally disturbed people and we as a society should always try to keep these mental retards from taking up strong religious principles as the reason for their queer behavior.
• People who claim that we should be liberal in our society to allow others to practice what ever form of religious practice they want to do must try to see that liberty is the very sake for which this ban is been imposed in European countries. A further analysis into its connotation and usage in the Islamic world should be first clearly understood because merely speaking from the libertine point of view of legalize everything without actually understanding where the mind set and politics of Burqa is coming from could be harmful.
• Suggested reading in order to understand how Burqa is used as a political tool - "Snow" by Orhan Pamuk.