FOR obviously superficial reasons, I've always associated Belgium with expensive chocolates, rather than political acts of bravery. That changed with its decision to ban the burqa.
....It is true that only a tiny number of Australian-based women would don the burqa but volume is really irrelevant. Like Belgium, it is the message that a ban sends that is most important. Sometimes a line in the sand has to be drawn and the burqa is one such time.
In an open society that prides itself on egalitarianism, the endorsement of faceless oppression is not something that should be promoted. And, just like Belgium, neither should we feel guilty about actively discouraging it. [The Sunday Telegraph] Read more [via Islamophobia Watch]
