Message: 5 Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:44:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Gilbert Lawrence <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Goanet] Burqa-ban legislation sounds like Inquisition Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Reading many past posts on goanet, it would appear many goanetters - Hindus and Catholics favor the European countries introducing anti-Muslim burqa-ban legislation. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/18/spain-burqa-ban-parliament_n_650394.html Many of these same Goans likely condemn very similar anti-Hindu?legislation introduced in Goa.? I am bringing this up to help us understand why similar laws and regulations on dress-codes were introduced in Portuguese Goa in the 16th-18th century. I?have no strong feelings?either way on this issue; which is?aimed to harass a minority group. I think?such rules are more of an effort to curb and discourage migration than any security threat. Regards, GL Answers to Lawence may rest in the below links - Syria (Muslim country) has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab — the *full Islamic veil* that reveals only a woman's eyes — taking aim at a garment many see as political. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100720/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria_islamic_veils http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10684359 http://www.anorak.co.uk/254149/media/syria-bans-the-fashion-forward-burqa-as-britain-embraces-muslim-punk.html Agnelo Pinheiro * * * Read Selma Carvalho's warmly-received book *Into the Diaspora Wilderness*, a journey through Goan life in Africa, the Gulf, England and North America ... gripping and well-told real-life stories. See http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
