| Islamic Culture | |
| 04 Oct 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Beneath the Burqa | |
BY Anum Pasha |
http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamicCulture_1.aspx?ArticleID=5617 | ||
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
When I first saw the video, I couldn’t help being in awe of Haroon’s bold sense of creative genius and attempt at loosening the noose around the globally-debated burqa, but what about the hundreds and thousands of Muslim women who have taken serious offense to the comedian’s laughing gas? Statistics show that the burgeoning popularity of the burqa has increased from 10 to 30 per cent in the Indian state Kerala and the burqa has become a fashion statement in Bhopal. Britain’s Immigration Minister Damian Green has stated that the British government should not seek to ban the burqa for a “tolerant and mutually respectful society,” a Spanish court has recently suspended the burqa ban and finally, Amsterdam’s Chief of Police Bernard Welson announced that if the burqa ban would be enforced, he would practice civil disobedience.-- 
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