Several brave commentators in Britain have recently called for burkas to be banned there. They are absolutely correct...burkas in Britain should be banned. The British should go far beyond that, however.
Burkas are instruments of misogyny, oppression, subservience and separation and have no place in secular, democratic, free, pluralistic, Western societies because of what they stand for, represent and mandate. It goes without saying that banning the burka in Britain would be very positive but the British are going to have to do a great deal more if they wish to keep Britain from turning into an Islamic state governed by Islamic law, sharia. That is a very real possibility and it is no exaggeration to say that the evidence is everywhere. More than any other Western country, Islam has made deep and serious inroads into British life at all levels and is making more and more every day.