Originally Posted by firenze

lets back to context, they said DON'T HOLD PUBLIC DEBATE ON IT BECAUSE IT WOULD STIGMATIZE FRANCE'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY.

whatever..

Saudia/Iran/Afghanistan & every other so-called Muslim country except Turkey/Malaysia force dress code on foreigners.. so please stop bickering.. its their country their law, you don't like it. Happily move to so-called Muslim Countries, even though in most of the Islamic nations Burkha is also not welcome anymore, people don't like it.

They BAN burkha in France not in FATA Tribal area !

Again, convey the same message to Muslim countries to stop enforcing their dress laws on non-Muslims & foreigners !

Originally Posted by simplyme

I totally understand that purdah is a ticket to education and freedom for women from the conservative families. But we also would have to take into account the impact of dressing like this. From a personal experience I had a colleague who used to wear the purdah(total, even the eyes) to office. Communicating with her was a nighmare. People would like to see the face when they talk. It was as talking to an inanimate object. To make matters worse she would just nod her head instead of saying "Yes" or "No". This would become very difficult to interpret and created lot of confusion in the team.
Hence I think it is important that we understand that we live in a society and adjust accrordingly. It is not as if every other person who looks at you has lustful feelings.