The Main Idea of this article is that Germany’s ban on the burqa is illogical. The problem is that banning the burqa will do nothing to stop terrorism, but will only remove the thought of terrorism from eyesight. The Germans behind this push are trying to remove everything that they dislike about Islam from society. They are also making the assumption that all women who wear the burqa are being forced to. The anti-Islam Germans also see themselves as the humane liberators of these “oppressed” Islamic women. The truth is that although some of these women are forced into wearing the burqa, there are many women who enjoy wearing the burqa because it creates a connection with God, or Allah.
This is important because it shows that lack of tolerance in society. This shows the lack of knowledge towards others. This forced “liberation” will also likely create a response, and will cause conflict. This could maybe even make the very problem they are trying to fix, worse. The only way that the Germans goal can be accomplished, is if the Muslim women adapt to these rules themselves, not by force. These women do not pose any threat to the Germans freedom, nor will they create a degradation of women’s rights in Germany. These Muslim do not pose any harm to the Germans.
Is this action to ban blamed on those who came up with the idea, or the media more making the connection between radical Islam and the burqa?
I definitely think that the way media portrays Islam has caused this action. My article was about a very similar topic and I was wondering the same thing: does the hatred for burqas come from the want to prevent Muslim women from being oppressed or is it because of Islamophobia? People immediately associate burqas and other Muslim garments with terrorism, and even if governments will never admit to it, that is why they want to ban burqas. Dictating what women can wear will never send them the message that they can wear they want. -Ginger Haller
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ReplyDeleteI think that it is the media's fault. The media uses framing to connect certain things to make more sense to the reader. The media believes that by drawing a connection, people will feel like they know what is going on. That is not true. It is wrong to tell people what they can or cannot wear, regardless of who else may wear the same thing. - Michael Schroeder
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