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Reader comment on item: Ban the Burqa, Allow the Burkini
Submitted by Steven Boldovitch (Liberal member /Toronto East-York) (Canada), Aug 24, 2016 at 13:06
The comparison to a wetsuit is telling.
Despite the terrorist bombings,France has become much less tolerant . How absurd does it get.
It is cutting off its"nez" to spite its face. The word face has a different meaning in French.
Thank you.
Steven
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| 2 | "Sri Lanka moves to ban burqas and close more than 1,000 Islamic schools" [274 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | AVCR | Mar 14, 2021 14:46 | 264724 | |
| 1 |  Thank you very much [182 words] | A very concerned reader | Mar 15, 2021 12:59 | 264724 | |
| 3 | Muslims should not be allowed to steal the democratic agenda [293 words] | Prashant | Feb 23, 2021 13:10 | 264216 | |
| 4 | Qur'an 5:33 [100 words] | A very concerned reader | Feb 24, 2021 00:56 | 264216 | |
| 2 | Thank you AVCR and putting Islam on an equal pedestal [117 words] | Prashant | Feb 24, 2021 19:24 | 264216 | |
| 5 | Thanks to you and why you're so right [498 words] | A very concerned reader | Feb 25, 2021 18:51 | 264216 | |
| 3 | Very thoughtful post, AVCR [469 words] | Jeff | Feb 27, 2021 22:18 | 264216 | |
| 1 | So great input and more insights about it [726 words] | A very concerned reader | Mar 1, 2021 13:39 | 264216 | |
| 1 | The name "burkini" is uninviting [117 words] | Prashant | Feb 21, 2021 20:20 | 264159 | |
| 2 | Rejection to stylish burkini, using regular Islamic garment for swimming and prayers [382 words] | A very concerned reader | Feb 22, 2021 13:24 | 264159 | |
| 2 | Our dear MdShafiq is not aware that his Allah also wears a Hijab and his prophet wears a woman's dress including burqa/hijab [322 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 16, 2020 07:30 | 258607 | |
| 2 | "Wuzu" would also protect against covid19!?/why not a woman? [554 words] | A very concerned reader | Feb 20, 2021 01:50 | 258607 | |
| 4 | Typo and a note about what to do in regards to burkini [92 words] | A very concerned reader | Feb 20, 2021 03:16 | 258607 | |
| gift covering [35 words] | Md. Shafiq M. | Apr 14, 2020 13:53 | 258581 | ||
| 1 | Our dear Md Shafiq is not aware who is the real author of the hijab verse and why was it revealed and it has nothing to do with the coronavirus Read and laugh [506 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 18, 2020 07:57 | 258581 | |
| 1 | Our dear Md Shafiq is not aware of the disaster in Saudi Arabia! [116 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 18, 2020 10:29 | 258581 | |
| 1 | Our dear Md Shafiq must be either unaware, or he was hoping that we don't know of the racism of the Arabs against Indian Muslims like him or he [217 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 19, 2020 09:31 | 258581 | |
| 2 | Sabeel Ahmed an Indian Muslim tells us that Jesus was a "jihadist"! [126 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 23, 2020 11:33 | 258581 | |
| 2 | Ramadan fasting can help one's immune system to fight the Wuhan coronavirus! Or so we are told by Egypt's House of Fatwas (religious edicts) [291 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 25, 2020 09:00 | 258581 | |
| 1 | UK police may let Muslims wear burka as uniform in effort to boost diversity [20 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | FormerStudent | Sep 9, 2016 15:47 | 232477 | |
| modern kit [64 words] | Mohammed Waza Khiddif id'Ullah | Sep 15, 2016 03:21 | 232477 | ||
| 1 | Re: Your comment [132 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Jonathan Keiler | Aug 29, 2016 17:23 | 231944 | |
| 1 | Hillary would look fabulous in Burkini [140 words] | Bakrdi151 | Aug 28, 2016 03:25 | 231863 | |
| 1 | Burkini looks ugly [96 words] | Prashant | Aug 27, 2016 22:07 | 231846 | |
| power over reason [60 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | myth | Aug 26, 2016 20:28 | 231805 | ||
| Cote d'Azur and the socially undesirables [75 words] | myth | Aug 26, 2016 20:25 | 231804 | |
| 1 | You are refreshingly harsh towards Muslim sharia [120 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Bill | Aug 25, 2016 09:15 | 231736 | |
| Nazi symbol [19 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | marlan | Aug 25, 2016 06:10 | 231734 | ||
| 1 | Propaganda [73 words] | Ben | Aug 24, 2016 15:03 | 231703 | |
 Burkini [43 words] | Steven Boldovitch (Liberal member /Toronto East-York) | Aug 24, 2016 13:06 | 231698 | ||
| Burkini [178 words] | David MC | Aug 24, 2016 08:29 | 231681 | ||
| 1 | With respect, a Strong Dissent [435 words] | Ron Thompson | Aug 23, 2016 22:15 | 231665 | |
| Yes! [13 words] | Ruth Sklar | Aug 23, 2016 20:26 | 231663 | ||
| 5 | So let's ban black Nazi uniforms but not the grey ones! [714 words] | UNCLE VLADDI | Aug 23, 2016 19:37 | 231662 | |
| 1 | Muslim garments are a uniform for IFF [70 words] | DaveP | Aug 24, 2016 05:51 | 231662 | |
| Of Muslims and Nazis, etc. [498 words] | Michael S | Aug 24, 2016 11:12 | 231662 | ||
| my Burkini comment [10 words] | Joan Ribi | Dec 8, 2016 12:22 | 231662 | ||
| Burkini [2879 words] | Iftikhar Ahmad | Aug 23, 2016 16:10 | 231653 | ||
| Burkini or Bust [106 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | William | Aug 23, 2016 15:42 | 231651 | ||
| Let's compromise [15 words] | Abu Nudnik | Aug 23, 2016 14:35 | 231647 | ||
| 1 | Dr. Pipes, you rather miss part of the point. [263 words] | Anon. | Aug 23, 2016 13:49 | 231644 | |
| 1 | 100% support the BAN!!! [64 words] | ulla | Aug 23, 2016 13:06 | 231643 | |
| 2 | Burquinis AND Burquas should be banned [304 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Lorna Salzman | Aug 23, 2016 12:40 | 231641 | |
| 2 | Re: Burquinis AND Burquas should be banned [46 words] | WHS | Aug 27, 2016 03:40 | 231641 | |
| 1 | ban on burkinis [80 words] | Kika | Aug 29, 2016 14:20 | 231641 | |
| 1 | Homophobia is deplorable and has nothing to do with the burquini issue [140 words] | Lorna Salzman | Aug 30, 2016 11:15 | 231641 | |
| Christians also wear "burkinis" [88 words] | Peter Chew | Aug 23, 2016 11:19 | 231631 | |
| 1 | Birkini in Saudi Arabia? Never [96 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 26, 2016 08:46 | 231631 | |
| waiting for France to lead the way and ban all things Islamic [30 words] | Oliver | Aug 23, 2016 10:26 | 231629 | ||
| 4 | The burkini and the burqa AND the veil are all flags of conquest [61 words] | Bernado Stevens | Aug 23, 2016 10:13 | 231628 | |
| Conquest? Really! [167 words] | stevenl | Sep 1, 2016 10:18 | 231628 | ||
| L' opinion d' une Musulmane Francaise. About male androgenic chauvinism!!! [704 words] | stevenl | Sep 6, 2016 16:44 | 231628 | ||
| Islamic Gear A Kind Of Rorschach Test [186 words] | Dave | Aug 23, 2016 09:56 | 231624 | ||
| ban burka [101 words] | dianne gallen | Aug 23, 2016 09:55 | 231622 | ||
| Sometimes I wish more women would wear the burkini ... [25 words] | David Koral | Aug 23, 2016 09:32 | 231618 | ||
| Fiddling while Rome burns [95 words] | DaveP | Aug 23, 2016 09:17 | 231616 | ||
| 2 | Are Burins safe in the water? [95 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 23, 2016 08:34 | 231614 |
| 1 | Washington's allies [263 words] | Perrault | Aug 23, 2016 03:57 | 231609 | |
| 1 | Sense at last [62 words] | ECAW | Aug 23, 2016 02:10 | 231608 | |
| Today, the Burkini... [52 words] | Mal Citron | Aug 23, 2016 01:14 | 231607 | ||
| 4 | Missing the point [53 words] | stevenl | Aug 23, 2016 01:10 | 231606 | |
| 1 | absolutely right [12 words] | gray man | Aug 30, 2016 06:26 | 231606 | |
| Could a Burkini become a BOOM-KINI? [48 words] | Mike Ramirez | Aug 22, 2016 23:40 | 231605 | ||
| 3 | Yes, I agree. What the French are doing makes no practical sense. [88 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Michael S | Aug 22, 2016 22:11 | 231603 |
| yes agree [51 words] | angela greer | Aug 23, 2016 15:40 | 231603 |
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