Burqua


The burqah ban debate: what’s really at stake

To restore a women’s dignity and give ‘er back her rights you must tell her what she can’t wear, clearly, writes public servant and Canberra resident Durkhanai Ayubi.

Sarkozy’s proposed burqua ban is a blunt instrument

There is no single experience of face-covering, just as there is no single experience of the bikini, writes Shakira Hussein.

Is the burqa a prison?

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has declared the Islamic burqua a sign of the “subjugation” and “submission of women”. But what if a woman chooses to wear it of her own accord? asks Salon’s Broadsheet.