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UN hits Netherlands burqa ban: “This law has no place in a society that prides itself in promoting gender equality”

Oct 9, 2019 2:00 pm By Robert Spencer

The Dutch law (and others like it) is popularly known as a burqa ban, but it actually bans all clothing “which covers the face,” and that would include the niqab, which is more common in the Netherlands than the burqa. It would also cover Antifa masks. This is a simple matter of public safety, as well as a defense of Dutch culture. Many criminals have worn face coverings to conceal their identity. But as far as the UN is concerned, the law is simply “Islamophobic.” Oddly, Tendayi Achiume, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on racism, said: “This law has no place in a society that prides itself in promoting gender equality.”

That’s exactly the opposite of reality. The niqab and burqa are visible symbols of gender inequality, and will remain so unless and until Muslim men begin to be forced to wear them, as are all too many Muslim women.

“U.N. Accuses Netherlands of ‘Islamophobia’ over Burqa Ban,” by Simon Kent, Breitbart, October 8, 2019:

A Dutch ban on the wearing of face-covering garments such as the burqa which came into place in August has “no place” in a tolerant society, a U.N. representative said Monday.

Tendayi Achiume, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on racism, said the ban reflected a wider “consolidation of Islamophobia” in the Netherlands…

“From now on the wearing of clothing which covers the face is banned in educational facilities, public institutions and buildings, as well as hospitals and public transport,” the Dutch interior ministry said in a statement reported by AFP. Failure to abide by the law could result in a fine of €150 (£137/$167).

Denmark banned the burqa outright in 2018, while Austria banned it in 2017, Bulgaria and Latvia in 2016, and Belgium in 2011. There are also partial and regional bans in Italy, Norway, Switzerland, and Spain as part of a wider pan-European pushback against the restrictive garment….

“This law has no place in a society that prides itself in promoting gender equality,” Achiume said in a report on Monday after a week-long fact-finding trip to the Netherlands.

“The political debate surrounding the adoption of this law makes plain its intended targeting of Muslim women, and even if this targeting was not the intent, it has certainly been the effect.”

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  1. CogitoErgoSum says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 2:11 pm

    Name me a Muslim country that prides itself in promoting gender equality.

    • DogOnPorch says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 2:31 pm

      Canada…………………………..joking.

      • shosh shosha says

        Oct 9, 2019 at 2:39 pm

        no joke you are absolutely right….canadian islamic republic

        • Phil says

          Oct 9, 2019 at 3:17 pm

          The province of Quebec passed a law against the wearing of religious symbols for people in a position of authority; teachers, police,judges etc…
          The Trudeau federal government though is intent on fighting it in courts.

        • gravenimage says

          Oct 10, 2019 at 9:34 pm

          Spot on, CogitoErgoSum.

      • Edwar Burozski says

        Oct 10, 2019 at 12:33 am

        I agree with these countries rulings. Look who is fighting them. Either our way, or you die! That’s the way of these people. All ok believers of their plan to take over. And, we are letting them! So many reasons this should not be allowed! What about the rights of the natives of said countries to be offended? Why is it always 1 way? Their way! Open you eyes! Look at who is leading the charge!!

    • Infidel says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 3:52 pm

      Libya, when Gaddafi ran it?

      • Leslie Fish says

        Oct 10, 2019 at 3:31 am

        I think it’s time for the Netherlands to withdraw from the UN. Also Israel. And the USA.

      • Giacomo Latta says

        Oct 10, 2019 at 9:39 am

        Gaddafi promoted free abortions for all girls he slept with.

      • gravenimage says

        Oct 10, 2019 at 9:35 pm

        You think that the Jihadist Gaddafi was a feminist?

    • DHazard says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 4:58 pm

      France.

  2. James says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 2:19 pm

    This UN text probably comes from an Islamist or extreme leftist. Gender equality would mean that women can leave their head bare just like men. They should not be threatened by rape or molestation by some savage primate from some retarded culture. This attempt is typical of defenders of sharia law and Islamism in the West. Linda Sarsour could have written it, or Ilhan Omar. Why do we have to let such people move to the USA? What a bummer that the left is so obsessed with this. What does Pope Francis say? I suppose he is all for this.

  3. Rollo Audio says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 2:24 pm

    Makes good sense to me. Equal means equal. Ban them.

  4. somehistory says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 2:35 pm

    What can one expect from the U.N. when it is made up of so many moslim ruled countries? At least 57 are directly and so many more have enough moslims who have encroached, that a moslim wind sweeps in and influences major decisions about laws, etc.

    moslim males wish to keep women in the dark, like the dirt under their fingernails. And they also want to be able to don the coverings when going on a stabbing spree and get away without anyone seeing their faces.

    I can recall a time when a law was written and no moslim scurried about, claiming that the law was ‘phobic’ against moslims and their filthy evil.

    In the old American West, stage robbers, bank robbers, train robbers, all wore their neck kerchiefs over their faces to prevent identification when they rode into town for a drink at the saloon.
    If Marshal Dillon had made a law in Dodge that said no kerchiefs could be worn in Dodge City, Kansas, would the robbers of stages, banks and trains complained about a “phobia’ against them?

    moslims complaining about this says so very much about them and their designs.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 10, 2019 at 9:36 pm

      Grimly true. Muslims, hard Leftists and other unfree nations dominate the UN.

  5. Angemon says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 2:54 pm

    U.N. Accuses Netherlands of ‘Islamophobia’ over Burqa Ban

    The UN, whose largest voting block is the OIC (Organization of Islamic Criminals Cooperation), is crying “islamophobia”? Imagine my surprise…

    • Sun says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 8:24 pm

      +1

    • Trick_or_Treat says

      Oct 10, 2019 at 5:42 am

      UN should pull it’s head in, or have it kicked in. We are getting more than a little irritated with this pack of dictatorial shits. I’m sute this feeling is growing rapidly around the world.

      • BigAl7769 says

        Oct 10, 2019 at 8:22 am

        Yes

  6. Ray Jarman says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 2:58 pm

    If someone enters a bank, retail store, government building, etc. wearing a face covering and commits an act of violence or other criminal activity, how would the public and workers in these facilities ascertain who those wearing the masks are? This is a security issue rather than religious one. Claiming religious concerns should never take precedence over security of the general public. If a burka drags the ground, it is impossible to even differentiate between a male or female. For instance, a person wearing a full burka or even niqab stabs a person walking down the street, the identity of the perpetrator would be virtually impossible to discover. It should be enacted in America as people have been critically injured at political rallies by thugs wearing masks. By permitting ANTFA slugs to wear masks, the city administrators and police like those in Portland, Oregon are given cover for not making arrests claiming they can’t identify the criminals even when the acts are caught on video and photo devices. I know of no airport in the US, Canada or South America where one wearing a full face covering is permitted in the airport, much less passing through the security check points.

  7. FYI says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 3:01 pm

    So it should be OK to wear balaclavas too:If you ban balaclavas then Criminals and Terrorists are being discriminated against…

    Surely any ban on the wearing of the balaclava ……has “no place in a tolerant society”

  8. Wellington says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 3:45 pm

    The UN (Useless Nations) is an international organization that is in alignment with both oppression and falsehood. Time is way overdue for the free portion of the world (which ain’t much and which is shrinking) to pull out of the UN, which has become nothing more than a cruel, Orwellian joke upon mankind.

    Just as liberty and truth are incompatible with Islam, so is it the case with the UN. By now, one knows this or should know it.

    And enough already with the excuse that the UN is still a forum where ideas can be exchanged between nations which are diametrically different—this simply is not enough reason for any still free polity remaining in this putrid organization, which is sometimes so awful that it has managed to become a parody of itself—as here exhibited by this article which has The Netherlands being blamed for gender discrimination all the while gender equality in Islamic nations is non-existent.

    Yes, enough already. Time for this particular farce to be called out by truly free polities which respect women’s rights in sundry ways that the more than 50 Islamic nations do not. This farce REQUIRES withdrawal from the UN by still decent nations. And, as an American, I would relish the UN being kicked out of NYC and forced to locate to, let’s see here, Riyadh, Tehran, Damascus, Cairo, Islamabad, or…, or…, or….

    • Beverly says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 5:17 pm

      …or China. I’m sure the UN would have no issues with their human rights violations.

    • Sun says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 8:30 pm

      Exactly!

    • Sun says

      Oct 9, 2019 at 8:36 pm

      Unfortunately, the UN has turned into a disgrace.

      • susanp says

        Oct 10, 2019 at 12:02 am

        That happened decades ago! It is an abomination and an utter farce.

        • gravenimage says

          Oct 10, 2019 at 9:46 pm

          I’m afraid this is true.

  9. US infidel says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 4:41 pm

    Mudslime men would rather look at young boys without shirts because they are queer. That’s why the women look like mailboxes.

  10. Battle says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 4:45 pm

    Robert Spencer hits nail on head. Good.

  11. Battle says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 4:52 pm

    Looks like gang clothing.

  12. Aussie Infidel says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 6:48 pm

    Tendayi Achiume, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on racism, said: “This law has no place in a society that prides itself in promoting gender equality.”

    But in Islamic societies, there is no gender equality, or even a universal golden rule. Muslims regard each other as brothers and sisters, and everyone else as kafirs, to be treated like dirt. Where is the gender equality in the following verses from Islam’s Holy Book?

    “When you witness a contract, bring two witnesses from among your men. And if there are not two men available, then a man and two women, so that if one of the women errs, then the other can remind her.” (Quran 2:282). When Muhammad was questioned about this, he claimed that women were mentally deficient – and that most of them will end up in Hell.

    Face coverings (and hijabs) for women in Islam have nothing to do with gender equality or respect for women. It’s all about control. If women had more say in Islam, they would most likely cause it to implode and collapse, because there would be more opposition to jihad, the continual holy war to subjugate unbelievers. By and large, men are the more aggressive sex and therefore most of the jihadists.

    “Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband’s] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance – [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.” (Quran 4:34). But don’t expect Western feminists to complain about this; the majority are Cultural Marxists who support Islam in its ongoing battle with Christianity – and every other religion.

    “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.” (Quran 33:59). The implication here is that where Muslims are in the majority, almost certainly ‘uncovered’ women will be abused? And this is the reason why an epidemic of sexual abuse of women has followed the influx of Muslim ‘refugees’ into Europe.

    “Men have a degree over (women) [in responsibility and authority]. ” (Quran 2:228). If women ran the show, there would be many more apostates from Islam, and the faith would disappear down that “serpent hole in the desert” a lot sooner. (Sahih Muslim, 001:0271-2)

    “Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband’s] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance – [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.” (Quran 4:34).

    “And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their head covers over their breasts …”. (Quran 24:31).

    The UN has become little more than a hotbed of Leftists and apologists for Islam. And for their obvious political gain, both groups continually preach diversity and inclusiveness. Does Achiume honestly believe that Muslim women are being treated unequally by this law in the Netherlands banning face coverings? Or that “a society that prides itself in promoting gender equality” should also include those who suppress the freedoms of others?

  13. tim gallagher says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 7:08 pm

    You just couldn’t make this stuff up. Women completely covered up from head to toe has somehow got something to with “gender equality”. Yeah, right. And Islam has anything at all to do with “gender equality”. The UN is full evil people who spend all their time trying to give grief to civilised, western nations and supporting barbaric, backward nations. This is just one more example of this rubbish that emanates from the UN. All the UN’s crap should go straight into the rubbish bin. I believe that anyone who wants to get around wearing clothing that completely covers them up doesn’t belong in a western, civilised country and they should leave immediately for some backward, primitive country where people think that such clothing is acceptable.

  14. Lydia Church says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 8:46 pm

    And the relevance of the UN’s opinion on what the Netherlands should and should not do is…
    global dictatorship?
    What business is it of theirs?

  15. Mr. Cohen says

    Oct 9, 2019 at 8:47 pm

    Uzi Baruch wrote:

    Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed
    Has banned the wearing of the niqab
    [Islamic] face-veil in public institutions
    “for security reasons.”

    SOURCE:
    Tunisia bans the niqab Muslim face cover in public
    by Uzi Baruch, 5/7/2019 for Israel National News
    http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com/News/News.aspx/265566

    QUESTION: When will Europe and North America
    follow their wise example, and ban the niqab?

  16. MS MADELEINE DUNN says

    Oct 10, 2019 at 4:06 am

    in the US they can wear what they want, but what I object to is that my freedom to ridicule and criticize the barbaric phallic worhipping misogynist religion they adhere to is being taken from me, I am censored and villified for daring to express my ideas on how this is a big set back for western women.

  17. Giacomo Latta says

    Oct 10, 2019 at 9:48 am

    It’s time to put the 200,000 UN civil servants on the dole. The US, China and Russia can carve up the world without lookers-on and individual countries can operate without ”experts” like KSA feminists, Iranian human rights defenders, and Syrian minority protectors telling them what to do.

  18. gravenimage says

    Oct 10, 2019 at 9:49 pm

    UN hits Netherlands burqa ban: “This law has no place in a society that prides itself in promoting gender equality”
    …………………….

    And that’s why there is so much gender equality in the Muslim world…oh, wait, not there’s not.

    Has the UN ever condemned forced wearing of the Burqa? I thought not…

  19. Marigold says

    Oct 11, 2019 at 2:07 am

    The fat cats at the UN would say that wouldn’t they?Good on the Netherlands for banning it.It has no place in any civilised Western Country.

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