Burqas should not be banned in Western countries

I as Con will argue the burqa should be banned.DEFINITIONS & ASSOCIATIONS:Burqa:"A loose, usually black or light blue robe that is worn by Muslim women, especially in Afghanistan, and that covers the body from head to toe[1]."[1]http://www.thefreedictionary.com...INTRODUCTION & PREMISES:The burqa is a tool for domestic abuse as I will show below. In the West, the burqa should be banned without question.ARGUMENTS: #1 The Burqa is a Tool of Oppression:The primary point of the burqa is to hide physical abuse. I will show not only that the burqa is problematic in Afghanistan but I will also the abusive treatment of women in Islam. The point of the burqa is to hide abuse in Afghanistan and other places where the burqa is worn. If the burqa is religious that is more incentive for it to be banned without question. If we look at the figures below of Muslim majority countries where domestic violence goes unreported, we must come to the conclusion that Muslims condone or embrace domestic violence. Let us not be confused by my opponent's rhetoric hiding behind freedom. My opponent put the petty claim that women are "protected from the elements, ridicule and harassment." Which is worse to be ridiculed and harassed or to be physically beaten often within the home you live? Ridicule and harassment will never produce the fear that a physical beating does. Afghanistan:"an overwhelming majority of women, 87.2%, experienced at least one form of physical, sexual or psychological violence or forced marriage[1]"[1]http://section15.ca...Algeria:"More than 1,000 sexual assaults on women are recorded per year in Algeria , according to the National Gendarmerie services. Experts say that these figures do not reflect the reality because many victims do not reveal what is considered to be a “shameful crime” in Algerian society in which Islam is the religion of almost all of the Algerian people.[2]"[2]http://www.afrik-news.com...Iraq:"Out of the total number, 77 women were seriously burned, 26 were victims of murder or attempted murder and 25 were cases of questionable suicide[3]""The WHO study found that 21 percent of Iraqi women – out of the country's population of 30,747,000 – reported being victims of domestic violence in a survey taken in 2006 and 2007, the latest data available[4]."[3]http://www.fgmnetwork.org...;[4]http://www.huffingtonpost.com...Qatar: "Qatar has no law specifically criminalizing domestic violence, and the government currently publishes no data on incidents of domestic violence.[5]"[5]http://www.hrw.org...Saudi Arabia:"There are no reliable statistics regarding domestic abuse in Saudi Arabia, and it is probable that the vast majority of cases go unreported, given the isolation of victims and difficulty of reporting and seeking redress. Saudi women and migrant domestic workers who report violations such as rape sometimes face counteraccusations of fornication, leaving them open to criminal prosecution. Parents can pursue criminal prosecutions against their dependents on the charge of `uquq, or “parental disobedience.[6]”[6]http://www.hrw.org...If so many women suffer from so much under reported domestic violence in Muslim countries, it definitely should not be considered acceptable in any western country to wear the burqa since it is a tool to hide oppression and violence and an excuse to beat women and get away with it. Some of these Muslims countries don't even have laws to combat domestic violence. The facts don't lie but people do. It clearly is not an expression of freedom but an expression of oppression and domestic violence.