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	Dutch consider burqa ban to Muslim dismay - Boston.com
		If the Netherlands becomes the first European country to ban the burqa and other Muslim face veils this month, Hope says she'll resort to wearing a surgical mask to dress in accordance with her religious beliefs.
		Burqas are displayed at the headscarf exhibition in the Amsterdam Historical Museum in this February 28, 2006 photo.
		The fact that the potential new law is consistently spoken of as a "burqa ban" also spreads confusion and reveals ignorance about Muslim customs, she believes.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/03/07/dutch_consider_burqa_ban_to_muslim_dismay (942 words)

	Pakistan Link - Letter & Opinion
		The burqa was scarce among the families of the rich and modern.
		Burqas, old and new, were confined mostly in the traditionalist clans and families, in cities as well as villages.
		Burqas were kept in the wardrobe, mostly to be taken out for visiting ancestral neighborhoods and grandparents.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Opinion/2002/April/19/11.html (943 words)

	Burqa blues hit the airwaves
		All that remains of the ephemeral alliance of the Burqa and rock is an amateur video clip and a song remixed by Berlin DJ Barbara Morgenstern which has become a modest summer-time favourite.
		"Burqa, burqa bluuueee" they sing, in ironic lyrics that still manage to tell the tale of how Afghan women were oppressed by the former Taliban regime.
		The Burqa Band has since returned to their families and they are unsure about whether they should ever play again, let alone unmasked.
	www.news24.com /News24/Entertainment/Abroad/0,,2-1225-1243_1396602,00.html (570 words)

	Sabbah’s Blog » Blog Archive » Replacing Burqa with Surgical Mask
		Burqa is similar to a niqab, the burqa covers the wearer’s entire face except for a small region about the eyes.
		If the woman with the burqa is wearing a long (even fl) dress she will probably not be mistaken for a violent demonstrator, and in that case the law is not enforced.
		The muslim use of the Burqa is now accepted by me because I now understand that my wife could have worn one and I still would have married her no matter what.
	sabbah.biz /mt/archives/2006/03/08/replacing-burqa-with-surgical-mask (11844 words)

	NBC: Afghan women change, but burqa stays - World News - MSNBC.com
		KABUL, Afghanistan - The burqa, a symbol of Taliban repression of women, remains a common sight in Afghanistan, nearly three years after the hard-line government was ousted by U.S. forces.
		Yet the burqa still prevails and for some women, it is a form of protection.
		Underneath their burqas, many women wear high heels, and they daringly put on brightly colored nail polish, details that may not please the conservative religious leaders who remain influential.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5333221 (701 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Fashion guru Armani backs burqa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		His remarks came after a small town in northern Italy sparked a controversy this month by fining a woman for venturing outdoors in a burqa - a full length robe covering the head and face which is worn by Muslim women.
		Though famous for his sexy, sophisticated outfits for women, Armani dismissed as absurd the view that women clad in the burqa are a possible terror threat.
		A member of Italy's Northern League, which is part of the ruling coalition, denounced the burqa as a "symbol of death" because women involved in the Russian school siege of Beslan - that left over 300 people, more than half of them children, dead - had worn the robes.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/D7BB1E43-D894-4697-8D37-300B25035F9F.htm (281 words)

	Islam :: Holland fears killings over ban on burqa
		Holland's Muslims have responded with outrage to government proposals to ban the burqa and there are fears that Rita Verdonk, the minister behind the move, will be added to a list of “enemies of Islam” targeted for assassination.
		The country was on high alert yesterday after talk of a burqa ban coincided with the arrest of a group suspected of planning to murder two politicians.
		Members of the public have said that the burqa looks frightening and it was this that prompted Jan Creemers, the mayor of Maaseik in Belgium, to impose a ban in December 2004.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /12492/Holland-fears-killings-over-ban-on-burqa (955 words)

	The Choice Between Burqa and Bikini - Ummah.com
		Burqa was just one aspect of the broader campaign against Islamic values under the cover of targeting Taliban atrocities.
		In fact, covered in a Burqa or uncovered in a bikini - is a subtle subtext in the "war against terrorism." The United States did not engage in this war to avenge women's rights in Afghanistan.
		It is not the eyes of a woman in purdah but the anxious darkly circled eyes of a girl with anorexia nervosa -- the woman trapped inside -- that needs to be liberated from the invisible cultural confines of the west.
	www.ummah.net /forum/showthread.php?t=12157 (1422 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Afghan women not ready to cast off burqa
		Parlika herself dresses in stylish clothing and wears a filmy headscarf rather than a burqa, but she said she understands the concerns of other women.
		Mir Akram, a psychology professor at Kabul University, agrees that the burqa is necessary to protect women from unwanted attention.
		One prominent Kabul mullah, who asked to remain anonymous, agrees the Muslim faith does not prescribe the wearing of the burqa, saying the Taliban's actions in forcing women to wear the garment were actually against the laws of Islam.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600138697,00.html (732 words)

	In Pakistan's tribal areas, women throw off the burqa
		The Burqa was common for centuries in the ultraconservative ethnic Pashtun heartland that straddles the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
		The Taliban punished women for not wearing the burqa and, in the West, it became a symbol of religious intolerance and sexual oppression.
		Despite this, burqas are now more popular in the countryside than in towns and cities, as rural regions are less exposed to Westernizing influences, she said.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1319710/posts (1477 words)

	Articles - Burqa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		A burqa (also burka or burqua) is a type of opaque veil sometimes worn in addition to a headscarf by Muslim women observing purdah.
		Similar to a niqab, the burqa covers the wearer´s entire face except for a small region about the eyes.
		In the Netherlands, school officials once forbade students from wearing burqa, arguing that non-verbal communication is required to teach the syllabus.
	www.sewing-center.com /articles/Burqa (282 words)

	The Evolution of The Burqa: Ideas & Identities of India Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Burqa was a mark of respectability.Women who worked along- side their men in fields, shops and domestic settings, did not wear it.
		The tent-like Burqa, currently worn in Afghanistan, gave way to a two —piece fl satiny coverall, a full-length overcoat for the torso and a head- piece with a voile veil to screen the face.
		Burqas were kept in the wardrobe, mostly to be taken out for visiting ancestral neighbourhoods and grand parents.
	www.chowk.com /show_article.cgi?aid=00001279&channel=gulberg (17245 words)

	Pakistan Link - Letter & Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		To impose burqa on women is wrong, but we should not forget that this also is a way of life in that part of the world.
		Burqa is not a symbol of backwardness although it is a conservative practice in the society, which may be due for change.
		Burqa will disappear in due time but until then those who want to wear it should have the freedom to wear it without any fear.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Letters/2001/Dec/07/02.html (581 words)

	The Jang: Burqa sales sky rocketing in Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The burqa, an all-encompassing garment women were forced to wear by the Taliban, was seen as a symbol of the oppression exerted by the fundamentalist regime.
		He carries a stock of 1,000 burqas, in blue and in white, and said he was selling "100-120 a week compared to 10 in the time of the Taliban," who were driven out of the city by Northern Alliance ground forces on November 7.
		Hidden beneath her white garment, with a small mesh area in front of the eyes to look through, she told of crimes by the soldiers now in control of the city after the Taliban left and before the arrival of foreign troops.
	www.themodernreligion.com /jihad/afghan/burqa-sales.html (412 words)

	ei: Not so disengaged in Burqa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		But the reality for Burqa, as well as other Palestinian villages in the areas of the West Bank recently evacuated by Israel, is that little will change.
		According to its municipality, Burqa once boasted a population of over 30,000, but numerous pressures induced people to emigrate to Nablus, which lies about 10 km to the south.
		Homesh, which sits just above Burqa, was established as a military base in the mid-1970s when the land on which it lies was confiscated by the Israeli Army, with no compensation to the owners of the property.
	electronicintifada.net /v2/article4130.shtml (861 words)

	The Burqa: Prison or Protection?
		Afghan burqas cover a woman completely, giving prying eyes no way to gauge her age or appearance.
		One prominent Kabul mullah, who asked to remain anonymous, agrees the Muslim faith does not prescribe the wearing of the burqa, saying the Taleban's actions in forcing women to wear the garment were actually against the laws of Islam.
		Even some of Kabul's more progressive women were in no hurry to throw away their burqas after the fall of the Taleban in late 2001.
	www.peacewomen.org /news/Afghanistan/May05/burqa.html (1006 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Like her, Sushmita Mondal, a high school teacher in Naoda, also in Murshidabad, was pulled up by the authorities this April for attending school in a burqa.
		On her first day in Amtala Annadamani Girls’ High School, Sushmita, who converted to Islam at the time of her marriage, wore a burqa and was told by senior colleagues and the school administration to “follow tradition” by sticking to a sari.
		Abul Hossain, an affluent farmer, was told not to send his daughter to college until the issue was discussed at the governing body meeting.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1051119/asp/bengal/story_5494850.asp (475 words)

	Why teachers must not wear the burqa - OpinionPamelaBone - www.theage.com.au
		What the burqa says, in the clearest possible way, is that men are not responsible for controlling men's sexual urges, women are.
		In Western countries (when worn by women who are not being made to wear it by their fathers or husbands) the burqa is often an affectation too, but it is a dangerous one.
		She should not be allowed to stand in front of a class while wearing a burqa either.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/01/04/1073151208179.html (988 words)

	The Camera and the Burqa (Saira Shah, Mohsen Makhmalbaf) by Martin Kramer
		It was a mercifully short war, the campaign to drive the Taliban from their hold on power in Afghanistan—so short, in fact, that general knowledge of Afghanistan couldn't possibly keep pace with military operations.
		She is in a full blue chadari (or burqa), enveloped in anonymity.
		The burqa, which is less common, is a veil drawn across the face, leaving the eyes exposed.
	www.geocities.com /martinkramerorg/CameraBurqa.htm (3827 words)

	Islam - Wearing a Burqa -- 'Sometimes I Even Liked It' - Birth, Marriage and Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		A woman under a burqa is treated with the utmost respect by most Afghan and Pakistani men.
		Sometimes I wore a burqa while conducting a sensitive interview and people didn't want their neighbors to know they were talking to a Western journalist.
		I ran into trouble when, instead of a burqa, I put on a salwar kameez, the baggy pants and tunic worn by people in the region, and a veil that covered my head and chest.
	bangladesh.cc /islam/new/wmprint.php?ArtID=41 (818 words)

	The American burqa industry
		In many parts of the world, women wear burqas so that their true identity and features may be concealed.
		Today in the United States, this practice is seen as alien, even degrading of the person, a practice believed to be obsolete within the civilized realm.
		Visit what is euphemistically called a "beauty shop." More accurately, it should be called a "burqa shop," for its real mission is, for a price, to assist women to conceal their true hair.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/12/30/ED205167.DTL (397 words)

	New University Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In recent years, the burqa has been known as a symbol of the Taliban, an Islamic nationalist movement associated with Islamic fundamentalism that ruled Afghanistan before the U.S.-led invasion carried out in response to Sept. 11.
		After purchasing a burqa online from http://www.alhannah.com, I bought a long, wide fl skirt and a loosely fitting, large fl turtleneck, as well as a scarf to use as a hijab underneath the burqa.
		The burqa made it difficult to breathe and all the layers I was wearing made me quite warm.
	horus.vcsa.uci.edu /article.php?id=4299 (1738 words)

	Suspect's wife stares down local burqa ban - World - smh.com.au
		Her case has prompted politicians in the country's Dutch-speaking north to talk about changing federal law, after she became the first person in Belgium to be fined for wearing the all-enveloping veil and robe.
		The burqa and a smaller type of face mask, the niqab, has been banned in the cities and towns of Ghent, Antwerp, Sint-Truiden, Lebbeke and Maaseik.
		The Mayor of Maaseik, Jan Cleemers, said he acted after six women started wearing burqas a few years ago, scaring residents of his town of 24,000.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/suspects-wife-stares-down-local-burqa-ban/2005/08/30/1125302566008.html (417 words)

	RNW: Lifting the veil
		A woman's voice was not supposed to be raised in public, and she should not laugh too loudly.
		But what we found was that the majority of these women actually come from Pakistan, not the old population that used to live there.
		But shedding the burqa brings its problems too, some women are finding it hard to adapt after years of living behind a veil.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /features/development/burqa030123.html (968 words)

	Burqa controversy hits headlines in Italy -DAWN - International; 21 September, 2004
		Mario Borghezio of the populist Northern League party lashed out at the head covering after a policeman in northern Italy fined a woman who wore the burqa, outside her home on Saturday.
		The woman's mother called the treatment of her daughter, a convert to Islam, harassment, and said the local authorities were acting "worse than what the Fascists did 60 years ago."
		Burqas, he said, were "a symbol of the most obscurantist type of Islamic fundamentalism in regards to women" and had also become a "symbol of death" because some of the women hostage-takers at the Russian school wore burqa-style coverings.
	www.dawn.com /2004/09/21/int14.htm (403 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Woman defies law banning the burqa
		The woman has now prompted politicians in the Dutch-speaking north of Belgium to talk about changing federal law, after she became the first person in Belgium to be fined for wearing the all-enveloping veil and robe.
		The burqa, together with a smaller type of face mask, the niqab, has been banned by bylaw in the cities and towns of Ghent, Antwerp, Sint-Truden, Lebbeke and Maaseik.
		A police inspector in Maaseik said the head-to-toe covering of Bouloudo's wife, who has refused to speak to police or give her name, offended and alarmed locals.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/30/wburqa30.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/08/30/ixworld.html (271 words)

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