http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_USShould the US follow suit?uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100504/tpl-italia... Italian police fined a woman 500 euros for wearing a full Islamic veil -- the first punishment of its kind in Italy but the latest in a wave of sanctions against the burqa in Europhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_US?post_id=449257477#449257477and I appreciate that...I have no issues discussing problems of the world and how they exist and are manifest in the Muslim world... that is a specific discussion...as long as it is aknowledged incorrectly that they are limited to the Muslim world...Wed, 26 May 2010 11:28:47 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_US?post_id=449244477#449244477Not to extend this debate but to provide an illustration that honor killing is not strictly an Islam (or religious) issue but is intimately tied to tribal customs and the political control of tribal (and other traditonal) community leaders, even in tWed, 26 May 2010 09:43:45 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_US?post_id=449017573#449017573Thanks, Jasr. I also appreciate your contribution to this discussion. It definitely helped broaden and deepen the discussion.Best regards, JimMon, 24 May 2010 21:33:05 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_US?post_id=448948529#448948529Jstan...I would not like the thread to die out without giving you and Amin recognition for being gracious and respectful.Mon, 24 May 2010 14:09:22 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_US?post_id=448937477#448937477Amin;"I am not sure where else to go with this... we are all just really restating our own opinions at this point... since it is a philosophical argument..."I agree, I think we have each stated our respective positions more than once.It's probably tiMon, 24 May 2010 12:59:38 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_US?post_id=448914017#448914017It would be good to know if an inquiry or investigation was inititiated internally or was ongoing.I understood from reading about his complaint that his current complaint was that he believed his financial issues were intentional...Mon, 24 May 2010 10:07:03 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_US?post_id=448913341#448913341He says he did not want to be removed from his unit, that he wanted his commanders to take the abuse he says he was experiencing more seriously and enact some disciplinary measures to put an stop to it.Mon, 24 May 2010 10:02:08 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_US?post_id=448911661#448911661On the question of the recent story of the Muslim Soldier at Fort Hood...My opinion is that he is probably a cry baby...1. His command got him off post as he requested for his safety, thus acting appropriately...2. Pay problems during a change of staMon, 24 May 2010 09:48:17 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_US?post_id=448909977#448909977JSTAN,I am not sure where else to go with this... we are all just really restating our own opinions at this point... since it is a philosophical argument...and we accept different fact sets... (IE I don't believe their is a mass international MuslimMon, 24 May 2010 09:35:05 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/23853097/Ban_the_Burka_in_the_US?post_id=448867685#448867685We have laws protectin women from abuse, but it requires they ASK for protection.The wearing of a burqa is NOT sufficient evidence that a woman is being deprived of her civil rightsActually, it's damned near invisible. Women have been wearing burqasSun, 23 May 2010 23:18:31 -0500