Burqas should not be banned in Western countries

"The burqa may hide signs of domestic abuse but ultimately, can't long sleeves conceal scars and bruises? As for the face, can't makeup? If you were to ban burqas for that reason, then you should as well ban anything else that could conceal the violence. "It is not the clothing that is the problem. The problem is with the people who wear burqas, Muslims. In the West, is domestic violence ignored? No. People are are encouraged in the West to get away from their abusers. That is not the case in Muslim countries. Many Muslims come to Western countries and they should not be allowed to practice the same way as they did in Muslim countries. The burqa should be banned."We are talking about Western countries, not Saudi Arabia, Qatar or Afghanistan."Those are Muslim countries. Is it not Muslims who wear burqas? Are there Muslim men that beat Muslim women? Do Muslim women report domestic violence? Simply, "Yes" or "No" questions."Yes, there may be violence and women are oppressed in those counties because they have no choice but in Western culture, you should have a choice Taking away the freedom of being able to wear what you want to express your feelings and religion should be your choice."No, there shouldn't be a choice when it is well known that domestic violence is prevalent in Muslim majority areas. The West, should not tolerate the wife beaters by allowing them to hide their wives' bruises and cuts. To even attempt to defend the practice of wife beating is abhorrent."The burqa is meant to protect a woman from the elements and perverted eyes. "How is it protecting women when they are getting physically beaten by their husbands and the burqas hide the cuts and bruises? How do you think the father or the brothers or the cousins of that woman behave if they saw the physical damages dealt to her?"People may have brought that on in Islamic countries but that is not it's true purpose.....The burqa was not proposed to hide away abuse, it was meant to conceal and protect. "Intentions don't matter as well as the purpose of it doesn't matter. What matters is how it is used."And some women find that empowering in Western countries."I will believe what the Muslim women in the West have to say when they are not threatened to be beaten by Muslim men. Until then, there is no point about empowerment because domestic violence is prevalent amongst Muslims and it is underreported."I will completely agree with you that it can be oppressing and used to hide abuse but in Western countries, a woman should have the choice."There is no choice when it really is coercion."As for Islam condoning abuse, if you read the Qur'an then you would know that Muslims are extremely against abuse and hurt. People who try to say that women are nothing in Islam are ignorant. Islam gave women the right to vote thousands of year before Western civilizations did. slam understands a woman, as well as all human beings deserve to be treated kindly and peacefully no matter what. people who try to pass of as true Muslims and kill in the name of Allah are not living by Islam."We don't pave roads based on intentions. We pave roads based on the materials we have. The Qur'an does condone abuse. read Sura 4:34, "Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand[1]."[1]http://quran.com...Men have a right to be over women as well as tell them what to do in Islam? Is that not right? Last I checked, it was in southern Iraq, where the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killed Sunni women for trying to vote and attempting to get an education. Last I checked, it was in the hills of Northeastern Afghanistan where women were beat severely for even attempting to educate themselves. Last I checked it was in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood tried to forsake Gamal Nasser by telling him to force women to wear the hijab.There is nothing free about any of these.