Why?

Why do apologists for the Islamic burka claim it relates to piety and religious faith. The wearing of the burka is a reflection of political and male power. It dehumanises the wearer by isolation her from normal human interaction. She cannot see clearly and her ability to hear is muffled. She inhabits her own personal cell.

It saddens me that Muslim women don’t revisit their imprisonment at mans behest, part of the male quest to keep women ignorant and housebound. And in case you think this attitude is restricted to those far off Islam nations in the Middle East reflect on the comment made by mufti Taj Din al-Hilali in Australia recently; he excused the rape of a group of unveiled women as an attack on “uncovered meat.”