{"id":3597,"date":"2010-05-08T06:14:11","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2010-07-31T11:24:19","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T19:24:19","slug":"burqa-banning-in-belgium-italy-france-and-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/religious-news\/burqa-banning-in-belgium-italy-france-and-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Burqa Banning in Belgium, Italy, France, and Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/burqa_afghanistan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\nTwo Women Wearing Burqas<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Belgium has banned the burqa (sometimes spelled burka) and others seem to want to do the same though it causes civil rights concerns:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Australian lawmaker stirs burqa controversy<\/h2>\n<p>2010-05-08 16:30<\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY, May 8 (AFP) &#8211; An Australian politican&#8217;s call to ban the burqa  &#8220;for safety&#8221; following an armed robbery by a bandit wearing the Islamic  veil has triggered heated public debate following similar moves in  Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysinchew.com\/node\/38789\">http:\/\/www.mysinchew.com\/node\/38789<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Belgium\u2019s burqa ban opens a racial  pandora\u2019s box<\/h2>\n<h3>Supporters say it  bolsters public safety and champions women\u2019s rights. Critics call it  another crack in an anti-Muslim divide across Europe.<\/h3>\n<p><span>May 07 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8230;Belgium made history last  month when it became the first European nation to ban in public spaces  full-face coverings that makes identification impossible. It\u2019s a  decision that effectively makes it illegal to wear a burka, or other  Islamic dress that covers the face.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/world\/article\/806587--belgium-s-burqa-ban-opens-a-racial-pandora-s-box?bn=1\">http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/world\/article\/806587&#8211;belgium-s-burqa-ban-opens-a-racial-pandora-s-box?bn=1<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"main-article-info\">\n<h2>Muslim woman fined for wearing burqa in northern Italy<\/h2>\n<p id=\"stand-first\">Tunisian given  on-the-spot fine of \u20ac500 under terrorism laws in Novara, run by  anti-immigration Northern League&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In what is reported to be  the first such case amid proposals for sanctions against traditional  Islamic dress in a series of  European countries, the 26-year-old Tunisian woman was stopped by  police in the city of Novara, a stronghold of the anti-immigration  Northern League.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/may\/05\/woman-fined-burqa-italy\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/may\/05\/woman-fined-burqa-italy<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>French anti-burqa law would target husbands of wearers<\/h2>\n<p>May 3, 2010<\/p>\n<div id=\"ds-byline\">By IAN SPARKS<\/div>\n<div id=\"ds-bylinetext\">in Paris<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --> <!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<div id=\"ds-firstpara\">FRANCE&#8217;S   proposed anti-burqa laws would target the husbands of women wearing  the Islamic garb more harshly than the women themselves.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.scotsman.com\/world\/French-antiburqa-law-would-target.6267823.jp\">http:\/\/news.scotsman.com\/world\/French-antiburqa-law-would-target.6267823.jp<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Historically, when Europe takes steps against Islam, it also tends to take steps to be closer to the Church of Rome.\u00a0 And yes, I feel this type of ban is more likely in more nations in Europe than in Australia (though politics is a tricky thing).<\/p>\n<p>What many people do not realize is that in places like Turkey young women are PAID by Islamic groups based outside the country to actually wear the burqa.\u00a0 And thus, many poorer young women wear burqa there as a source of income.\u00a0 So while certain Muslims are trying to increase control and influence by doing that, many in Europe and elsewhere have realized that these signs of Muslim influence are not what their countries should put up with.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned in an earlier article about this (see <a title=\"Permanent Link to Belgium To Ban the Burka?\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/religious-news\/belgium-to-ban-the-burka\/\">Belgium  To Ban the Burka?<\/a>), Europe is starting to get fed-up with Islam (see also <a title=\"Permanent Link to Anti-Islamic PVV Gaining in the  Netherlands\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/religious-news\/anti-islamic-pvv-gaining-in-the-netherlands\/\">Anti-Islamic PVV Gaining in the Netherlands<\/a> and <a title=\"Permanent Link to Switzerland Votes to Ban  Minarets\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/religious-news\/switzerland-votes-to-ban-minarets\/\">Switzerland  Votes to Ban Minarets<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A divide between Islam and the nominally-Christian Europe is going to  become more and more real.\u00a0 The vote in Belgium, the fining in Italy, and the debate in France are simply more  demonstrations of that.<\/p>\n<p><em>Four articles of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/south.htm\">Is There A Future King   of the South?<\/a> Some no longer believe there needs to be. Might Egypt,   Islam, Iran, Arabs, or Ethiopia be involved? What does the Bible say?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/arabprophecy.htm\">The Arab World In   the Bible, History, and Prophecy<\/a> The Bible discusses the origins of   the Arab world and discusses the Middle East in prophecy. What is ahead   for the Middle East and those who follow Islam?\u00a0 What role might   non-Arab Iran play?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/europa.htm\">Europa, the Beast, and   Revelation<\/a> Where did Europe get its name? What might Europe have to   do with the Book of Revelation? What about \u201cthe Beast\u201d? What is ahead   for Europe?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/kingofthenorth.htm\">Who is the King of   the North?<\/a> Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies   point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King  of  the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to   happen to the English-speaking peoples of<span> the United States,  Great  Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand<\/span>? When do the  1335  days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time)  of  Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic collapse  will  affect the United States?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Women Wearing Burqas COGwriter Belgium has banned the burqa (sometimes spelled burka) and others seem to want to do the same though it causes civil rights concerns: Australian lawmaker stirs burqa controversy 2010-05-08 16:30 SYDNEY, May 8 (AFP) &#8211; An Australian politican&#8217;s call to ban the burqa &#8220;for safety&#8221; following an armed robbery by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religious-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4255,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions\/4255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}