I've made a reply which covers why I'm opposed to it, why I don't think it really holds that it should only be banned in some places, why it's a barrier to integration, why I don't think there's a huge issue with Muslims attending Irish schools based on personal experience, and why although the burqa itself may be objectionable but not a threat to our culture (a bit like Rovers fans
), that there is a potential cultural threat from immigration intolerant of our customs (as the example of schools in England being targetted with the aim of installing a relatively radical Muslim ethos hints at; I am having to make assumptions in linking the type of conservative Islam which favours burqas with the issues Operation Trojan concerns, but I don't think it's unreasonable), and so I have no problem with this disparity in customs being nipped in the bud.
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