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Morocco bans burqa for security reasons

Jan 10, 2017 8:04 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams

Morocco has banned the production and sale of burqa full-face Muslim veils, apparently for security reasons…

When the infidels try to ban the veil for security reasons, it is deemed racist, “Islamophobic” and/or xenophobic. Since Morocco is proceeding with a ban, perhaps pusillanimous Western leaders who are petrified of being deemed “Islamophobic” can give themselves permission to impose a burqa ban in the interests of homeland security; after all, is Morocco “Islamophobic”?

(Pictured are women in niqabs, which the Western press often terms “burqas,” and which are much more common than burqas in Morocco and its environs.)

“MOROCCO ‘bans the burka’ over fears that the Islamic garment is used to help carry out crimes, say local media”, by Gareth Davies, Daily Mail, January 10, 2017:

Morocco has banned the production and sale of burqa full-face Muslim veils for security reasons, media reports said Tuesday.

While there was no official announcement by authorities in the North African nation, the reports said the interior ministry order would take effect this week.

The ban has been imposed due to reports felons have been using the garment to help carry out their crimes.

‘We have taken the step of completely banning the import, manufacture and marketing of this garment in all the cities and towns of the kingdom,’ the Le360 news site quoted a high-ranking interior ministry official as saying.

It said the measure appeared to be motivated by security concerns, ‘since bandits have repeatedly used this garment to perpetrate their crimes.’

Most women in Morocco, whose King Mohammed VI favours a moderate version of Islam, prefer the hijab headscarf that does not cover the face.

The niqab, which leaves the area around the eyes uncovered, is also worn in Salafist circles and in more conservative regions in the north, from where thousands of jihadists have gone to fight in Syria and Iraq.

In some commercial districts of Casablanca, the country’s economic capital, interior ministry officials on Monday conducted ‘awareness-raising campaigns with traders to inform them of this new decision,’ the Media 24 website said.

In Taroudant in southern Morocco, authorities ordered traders to stop making and selling burqas and to liquidate their stock within 48 hours, the reports said.

Retailers in the northern town of Ouislane were said to have received similar instructions.

It was unclear if Morocco plans to follow in the footsteps of some European countries such as France and Belgium where it is illegal to wear full veils in public.

The reports were met with a muted response in the absence of official confirmation, though Salafists expressed concern that the measure could be expanded to include the niqab.

‘Is Morocco moving towards banning the niqab that Muslim women have worn for five centuries?’ Salafist sheikh Hassan Kettani wrote on Facebook.

‘If true it would be a disaster,’ he added……

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  1. Buford says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 8:09 pm

    I think Burka’s should be banned in all non muslim countries if they want to wear that garbage stay in the middle east.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 11, 2017 at 4:30 pm

      Buford, the point is that Morocco *is* a Muslim country.

    • karl Anglin says

      Jan 12, 2017 at 11:26 pm

      Wearing a burqa should be equated with wearing a Nazi uniform

  2. mortimer says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 8:18 pm

    The controversy about the Islamic mask should be finished now, but it won’t be.

    A mask is always a threat. The threat to unveiled women is rape.

  3. Achmed says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 8:24 pm

    What’s wrong with everyone being a Shinobi?

    Shinobi no mono …gotta love it.

    I have done this on numerous occasions (I believe eight, to date) wherein I go up to the boar hog in the dirty gray robe and ask him what he’s doing with a bunch of ninjas. I kid you not … you should see their reaction. Simply priceless.

  4. common sense says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 8:24 pm

    In ANY WAR you always want to stifle infiltration and cut supply lines and then do the opposite with your own army. Islam does this as a culture and as a political movement the praying is for idiotic to believe they are no harm.
    Everyone has strategies it’s logistics that are the foundation for movement and concealment.

  5. davej says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 9:26 pm

    Does anyone know what the TSA’s current position is on full face Islamic veils?

    How about in banks, driver licensing offices or if pulled over by police officers?

  6. Achmed says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 9:29 pm

    Just a question. At major malls, supermarkets and other shopping centers … I see mohammedan females wallowing and waddling in their burqas. If I were to don KKK regalia (basically a similar outfit, with a higher hat and a different color) do you think that security would ask me to leave?

    I realize that there would be no grounds for a lawsuit … although if one outfit is allowed, the other should be as well.

    However, it might make for an interesting experiment.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Jan 11, 2017 at 4:43 am

      When artist Sergio Redegalli went to the Australian Parliament in a Ku Klux Klan outfit he was asked by security to take it off. He did so, revealing a niqab underneath.
      It was an articulate protest.

      • Angemon says

        Jan 11, 2017 at 6:30 am

        Brilliant form of protest.

      • carol says

        Jan 15, 2017 at 4:21 pm

        Well, don’t they make an excellent couple!!!

  7. Wellington says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 9:49 pm

    So rich. So telling. So damning.

    Just as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states won’t take in any so-called Syrian refugees, so now Morocco want’s to ban the black garbage bag. My God, even a lot of Muzzies by their actions reveal just how effed-up the Islamic world is. Damn sad though that fools like Merkel, May and Pope Francis are still in the forefront of accepting in large numbers adherents of the longest-lived and best disguised evil of all time.

    A sin upon the heads of people like Merkel, May and Francis, much of the present Swedish ad Dutch leadership too, the overeducated morons running the EU, certainly Obama and that dim-wit now PM of Canada, et al. Among these exist the real culprits of Western Civilization and not among the barbarians themselves, i.e., Muslims. Nothing, I would argue, could be clearer than this since the exculpation of evil is actually worse than evil itself. Anyone who misses this misses a lot.

    • Wellington says

      Jan 10, 2017 at 9:51 pm

      That’s “wants” and not “want’s.”

      • davej says

        Jan 11, 2017 at 1:24 pm

        Exactly. Islam is pure evil but those who conceal, misrepresent and excuse it are evil squared.

    • danny says

      Jan 11, 2017 at 12:19 am

      Excellent points Wellington.

    • Anne Smith says

      Jan 11, 2017 at 9:57 am

      Actually this report does not state that they are going to ban the burka. It states that production will be stopped. Is that not slightly different?

  8. Jack Holan says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 9:57 pm

    Christine, the Wise King of Morocco who weighed his throne versus the Burqa decided to try and hold on to his Kingdom by all means possible. The PC savvy Pseudo-Intelligentsia of the Left in the West wanted the Muslims who live in their “No Go Zones” to feel inclusive and they wanted them to be able to cover their black eyes if they walk into a door or something so they elect a laissez faire approach even if there’s a chance for collateral damage amongst the Infidel population. This is the price that must be paid in a multi-cultural, pluralistic society with Muslims, Right Ms Day, Mr. Obama, Frau Merkel, Mssr Hollande. All of you and your families will have armed Security Details 24/7 365 for the rest of your collective life-spans.
    Just a note regarding the new embolden Muslim since 2009.
    Obama gives his speech that is a calling.
    Obama is secretly in contact with the Muslim Brotherhood MB
    Egyptians overpowers Mubarack a loyal American Ally for 40 years & kept the Peace Agreement with Israel.
    The US secretly backs the MB and Publicly calls for Mubarack to resign. DC knows the MB is the only organized group and will win an election. The MB says they will abrogate the Egypt/Israel Peace Treaty.
    Obama supports the toppling of many regimes creating power vacuums.
    Obama visits the King of Saudi Arabia, keeper of Holy Mecca, Medina leader of the Sunni Branch of Islam.

    The most significant act of an American President not played out of ignorance but full understanding of the importance of his action, with the Muslim World watching; he bows to the King of Saudi Arabia. As Robert Spencer wrote at the time, Barack Hussein Obama not only submitted to the King of Saudi Arabia, he submitted to Islam. As President of the USA this action by him meant that on behalf of all Americans, He submitted them to the King of Saudi Arabia and Islam. If I’m wrong Christine please make a correction. I’m reasonably sure that my memory serves me %100. It was from this time forth we went into free-fall with the President “white-washing” actions ascribed to Islam or Muslims, denial of Religious or Political motives by Terrorists in the US Claiming there is a real danger from Right Wing Christian Terrorists. At the National Prayer Breakfast he railed into Christians blaming actions that occurred a millennia ago as if its happening today like that of IS. He blamed just about everything on Christians to somehow justify Muslim barbarism today. He has treated PM Netanyahu worse than the leaders of our adversaries China, Russia, and North Korea. He has vilified PM Netanyahu. Who has Obama embraced? He arranged behind the scenes, using 3rd Parties the Hamas/PA Union. Hamas is defined by the US as a Terrorist Organization. Why were we dealing with them third Party? Then, Obama dealt directly with Iran prior to sanctioned talks. The are designated as a Terrorist State supporting financially, logistically and with advisers and soldiers to Hizbollah and Hamas.Obama and Kerry sided and disclosed negotiating positions to the PA at the detriment of Israel. Indyk was not an honest broker at all. Obama shakes the hand of mass murderers Fidel and Raul Castro with 10s of thousands murdered on their orders and in some cased their own hands. All this had directly encouraged the on-going and expansion of the Jihad.

    • Angemon says

      Jan 11, 2017 at 6:40 am

      A simple way do explain Obama’s actions: he’s been consistently anti-American, trying his best to dismantle America’s power and influence in the world – and probably anti any other global super-power as well. Mubarak was pro-American? Support the other guy. Assad’s anti-American? Draw a “red line” and promise punishment but do nothing if it’s stepped on. Saudis sponsor anti-American terrorism? Bow to their king. Iranians chant “death to America” and promise to destroy America’s only ally in the Middle East? Sign the nuclear deal.

      • Jack HOLAN says

        Jan 11, 2017 at 8:10 am

        In a nutshell. The man did a real hatchet job and then has the gall to talk about a third term. Yes BO we’ll change the Amendment just for you

  9. somehistory says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 11:05 pm

    I recall once when renewing my driver’s license, I went to the office with my hat on. For my updated photo, I was made to remove my hat. It didn’t cover any of my face. I also had to take off my sun glasses.

    It only makes sense to see the faces of the people with whom we interact in public and with whom business must engage with money and other valuables.

    But evil likes to hide in the shadows and skulk about.

  10. Xero_G says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 12:29 am

    Why do Muslim women wear eye makeup under their niqab? Are they still attempting to appear “attractive” to men? Seems ironic to wear makeup, then cover their body with a black garbage bag.

  11. Leefromoz says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 2:39 am

    “…perhaps pusillanimous Western leaders who are petrified of being deemed ‘Islamophobic’ can give themselves permission to impose a burqa ban”

    Western leaders aren’t scared of being called “Islamophobic” – they’re the ones *who popularized that ridiculous term* by smearing anyone in the West opposed to the importation of Muslim troops.

    Muslim countries could go ultra-Ataturk and ban Islam, and Western leaders and media would still import Muslims en masse, while promoting the building of new mosques etc.

    JihadWatch is such a great and important website that I can’t speak highly enough of it and all its writers, and particularly of the superlative Robert Spencer. My only frustration is the (presumably diplomatic) common pretense year after year that Western leaders and media are “blind” or “fools” or “scared” – when *they’re the abusers*.

    It’s like a school gang gets their flunkeys to bash nerds, and teachers sit around wondering how the gang could be so “blind” to the actions of their flunkeys, or “scared” of their flunkeys. The gang are responsible!

    Powerful non-Muslims across the West are using Muslims against us. Muslims have ZERO power in the West, other than what is *given to them* by politicians and media. Anyone disagree? Until we identify the enemy attacking us, stopping them remains much more difficult.

    Western elites are gangs of bullying abusers, on the ultimate power-trip.

    When Theresa May bans Mr. Spencer, and then allows murder-inciting Muslims to enter the UK, do any of us believe she doesn’t know what she’s doing? Surely we all know May’s actions proceed from a determined course of action – so let’s acknowledge that. May genuinely believes in saying “Yes” to Muslim inciters of murder, “No” to criticizers of their ideology.

    When the media start with their innumerable “backlash against Muslims” campaigns while the dead from the latest Jihad attack have yet to be buried (or in the case of the Sydney siege in Christmas 2014, the media pro-Muslim campaign began *while non-Muslims were still being held hostage waiting to be shot*), does anyone think the media would do this on behalf of *any* other group?

    And what about the Clinton Foundation’s *explicit* promotion of JIHAD (of all things) – https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/commitments/reclaimjihad#

    Does anyone think Jihad has been a force for good in the world? Or that popularizing and validating more “Jihad” among youth is a good use of donor funds? The Clinton people aren’t stupid, and they’re not running scared of third-world, semi-literate Muslims. They’re knowingly ruining entire civilizations and gaining incredible satisfaction from having the power to do it – right in front of our faces.

    Let’s acknowledge at all times the elites are knowingly Islamizing our countries, while also knowing the harm it does to our peoples. Social pressure against these fascist traitors has then a better chance to build.

  12. FatherJon says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 3:58 am

    If a Muslim head of state can command his people to stop selling and wearing this gear in his country for those perfectly valid and sensible reasons, why the hell can’t we in the West?

    • Michael Copeland says

      Jan 11, 2017 at 4:49 am

      Just making and selling. This is not a ban on wearing.

    • Jack Holan says

      Jan 11, 2017 at 12:52 pm

      Hmmm, because alas we are infidels and in their egg-shells we don’t tell them anything

  13. Aton says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 4:02 am

    Both the burkah and the headscarf were banned in Turkey, before Erdogan cam along. But he allowed them back, in the name of ‘freedom’.

    You see how freedom can be twisted. They were previously banned, because Ataturk knew they were religio-political symbols, not head coverings.

    Aton

  14. Tom from Brussels says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 6:19 am

    Wow!!! Even Moroccans are islamophobes.

  15. duh swami says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 7:25 am

    Banning anything Islamic is ‘warring wjh Allah’…punishment pending…

  16. Sam says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 9:28 am

    What a crazy world we created by allowing Islam to infiltrate in western world. Look what we are talking about. Whether a human being allowed to close his/her face in public should not even cross any normal person’s mind in the 21st century.

    Here we are scared of our lives thinking whether we will insult the members of an evil cult if we ban their covering their faces.

    Nuts!

  17. John A. Marre says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 9:30 am

    A little thought experiment. Suppose Trump were to propose the exact same ban in the USA as in Morocco? Imagine the outrage! They would accuse him of crimes against humanity.

  18. Jack Holan says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 12:50 pm

    Actually there are a few Countries that have built physical walls or are in the process of building them. Then, we have the Arab World that employs various restrictions/laws land ownership, business ownership, professional licenses, duration of stay for Palestinians. Essentially this invisible Wall is a Physical Wall to maintain the ruse of them being “refugees” since 1948 to the Present and to protect their own countries from takeover. Jordan fought to the death in 1970 to expel Arafat and the PLO. They moved to Lebanon and took over a swath of the country until 1982 when the PLO was expelled to Tunisia by Israel continued missile fire into Northern Israel (Internationally recognized Israel)

  19. DFD says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 4:08 pm

    Hah, haha! Hahahahahaha…

  20. gravenimage says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 4:27 pm

    Morocco bans burqa for security reasons
    …………………..

    How “Islamophobic”! sarc/off

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