Originally Posted by cresta57 (Post 9449276)

I fail to see the difference between a mandatory [Full Face] Motorcycle helmet & the Afghan style Burqa in terms of reduced vision:confused: It's something you learn to accommodate i.e more head movement;)

Originally Posted by NedKelly (Post 9449298)

You would probably get done wearing just a burqa on a bike.

Originally Posted by NedKelly (Post 9449311)

Quick nick her!

Originally Posted by Alfresco (Post 9449315)

Sorry too quick. I changed it. :p

Originally Posted by NedKelly (Post 9449298)

You would probably get done wearing just a burqa on a bike.

Originally Posted by NedKelly (Post 9448028)

As far as I am aware it is only women. The verse normally used to suggest women use a veil is Surah 24:31. It doesn't say completely cover up though.

24:31 And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their bosoms, and not to reveal their adornment save to their own husbands or fathers or husbands' fathers, or their sons or their husbands' sons, or their brothers or their brothers' sons or sisters' sons, or their women, or their slaves, or male attendants who lack vigour, or children who know naught of women's nakedness.

I think adornment means "private parts".

Originally Posted by Brisneyland (Post 9451388)

I saw a woman in a white burqa at Logan hyperdome. A small child pointed at her and said to his mum, "look, Casper the ghost"

Originally Posted by NedKelly (Post 9449319)

Not quick enough, we know it was you.:rofl:

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 9474111)

And the latest......New South Wales police conducting routine car stops will be given the power to demand the removal of head coverings for identification.

Premier Barry O'Farrell says cabinet approved the move on Monday so police could properly identify motorists or any other people suspected of committing a crime.

"I don't care whether a person is wearing a motorcycle helmet, a burka, niqab, face veil or anything else, the police should be allowed to require those people to make their identification clear," he said in a statement. "I have every respect for various religions and beliefs but when it comes to enforcing the law the police should be given adequate powers to make a clear identification."

Originally Posted by Brisneyland (Post 9451388)

I saw a woman in a white burqa at Logan hyperdome. A small child pointed at her and said to his mum, "look, Casper the ghost"