Not entirely sure what your point is tbh?
First off, the hijab and burka are different, if related, things. The hijab is just the headdress; not a million miles off a granny shawl. They can actually be very fashionable, although I don't agree with its rigid compulsoriness in certain places (this is an example), especially for visiting foreigners, but hey, if you are visiting, you know what the rules are in advance, and you always have the choice not to visit.
The burka is the full cover - face, hands, the lot. It incorporates a hijab, but goes a lot further.
You are right that there are differing standards of dress modesty in various cultures - but I don't think your comparison of genital covering is really appropriate. The main reason I'd give is that genital covering is applied to both sexes, whereas the burqa is openly misogynistic. There is no comparative requirement for men. And that ties in with the more openly misogynistic parts of the Quran quoted earlier. (Genitals are also associated with more intimate, personal, acts, and also with disease - whereas showing face and making eye contact is actually a factor in building basic trust, and covering your face naturally gets in the way of this trust)
This is not a European thing either. The burqa is banned in many countries worldwide, including Cameroon, Chad, Gabon and Congo, albeit that in those places, the ban was because the burqa was being used to disguise suicide bombers and aid terrorism.
It was banned in Austria only a few weeks ago. The spokesperson for the Islamic Religious Community in Austria criticised the ban, saying it restricted some women to their homes. Think about that - this is the spokesperson for the Muslim community in Austria saying that for some women, the only alternatives for them were (a) wear a burqa in public or (b) not go out in public at all. If only there was another way! And this approach is the very definition of oppressive, which you (I think) try to deny that a burqa is.
You say you don't know if there's many women forced to wear the burqa - but have a guess. What do you think? Honestly? Do you think the same women are happy being the victims of domestic violence, as per my last post?
We live in a mad world where, for example, gender quotas are being pushed - with the argument of empowering women, even though the concept is inherently sexist - while at the same time the burqa can be dismissed as grand because sure it's not our culture. (It could be just me, but the arguments seem to come from the same spectrum of society as well) It is absolutely not grand, and absolutely should be banned. Comparing it to walking down the street topless, or suggesting that the view it should be banned is because of some western repressed sexuality issues, is disingenuous and indeed actively harmful.
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