The War of the Burka

It strikes me as such a sad thing to see a woman wearing a burka with only her eyes showing through a slit in the fabric.  I want to help her gain freedom but I know there's nothing a single stranger can do to change such an offensive custom that has found it's way into Canada.

I've been advocating banning the burka for a long time for 2 reasons...it is unsafe because anyone, even a criminal, could be hidden underneath.  It's also a slap in the face to free women who see one of their own forced into hiding behind that godforsaken cloak.

Quebec is taking the problem straight on and trying to pass a law forbidding the wearing of a burka in public places.  What's so terribly sad is how many people don't want that law passed, one of the most important figures in our country, Jagmeet Singh who is the leader of the NDP party!

Ever since Donald Trump was voted in as president of the United States, I have no illusions left about politicians...or the people they can convince to vote for them.  I'd like to think that no free thinking woman would vote for Jagmeet Singh because he supports the continuing abuse of women who wear burkas but he will have his followers who will make excuses for his choice.

When you see young Canadian women (non-Muslim) wearing face coverings in support of the burka, you have to wonder just how intelligent and informed they are.  The burka is a disgusting symbol of male dominance over their females and should be considered a disgrace in our free country.

It's like peering into the dark ages when women were thought to be property of their husbands or fathers.  And this is what we're beginning to see far too much of in Canada.  Some people have no idea that the burka is not demanded by the Muslim religion.  It's a practice perpetuated by a culture which takes away a woman's rights and gives it to the men.  I know some women prefer to wear the burka because they have been brainwashed to accept it.  Some wear it out of fear.  For whatever reason, Canada is a free country where women are not owned by the males in their families and it's where equal rights for women have been long fought to achieve.

I honestly hate the burka and what it stands for.  I don't hate the women wearing them but I do have a great distaste for the men in their life.  The same mindset of males who require or encourage the females in their family to cover up like this is also responsible for the honor killings we see much too often in this beautiful, free country.  If they wanted to keep and abide by their Sharia law, they should have stayed in their own backward countries and not come to Canada to live.

There is a strong push by some Muslims (not all follow Sharia law, in fact those who do follow it appear to be a very small minority) to have Sharia law accepted as legal in Canada.  I've heard that this would be impossible because those archaic laws are forbidden under Canadian law.  I worry a bit that Sharia law might one day be allowed because of religious freedom in this country.  We aren't too bright about differentiating between the rights of Canadians as a whole and the rights of a religion.

In Canada we have 3 major political parties...Liberals, Conservatives, and the New Democratic Party.  When the leader of one of those major parties opposes a ban on something that promotes oppression of females (the burka), we've already run into very dangerous ground for the future of our country.