With the French ban on the bhurka is Britain likely to follow?

I personally do not care if I "offend" people with what I am about to say, but I think it should be 100% banned in our country. The head scarf which covers the hair is what is in the Islamic "law", and so be it, that is fair enough. To Muslims, their hair is sacred and something only for the husband to see etc. This is fine with me, do as you please. I won't look at you funnily for wearing it, I won't call you names in the street for wearing it. But I am sorry, those letterbox things are horrible, disgusting and sorry but they scare the hell out of me. Reasons: 1) I cannot see who is beneath the veil. It could be a man, a woman a child, a murderer, someone who is Britains most wanted. And I wouldnt have a clue. Your eyes really do not tell you much about a person! 2) If my husband was to walk into a shop with a motorbike helmet on, he would be told to remove it. If my brother was to walk into a shop with his hood up due to the rain outside he'd be told to take it down. My sister was in a pub and had a top on which had a hood on it, she didnt have the hood up, it was just there, she was told she would have to tuck the hood in or she wouldhave to leave...! BUT if a muslim walked into a pub/shop/bank they would not be told to remove the veil despite it covering all identity from the cameras. 3) Why should a woman cover herself from head to toe because a man says she should? We live in England, not Pakistan. 4) This is the UK. If you want to come and live in our country, use our NHS service, work in our workplaces, recieve our benefits/pensions, then live by our laws and rules and i am sorry, but if you dont like that, then as far as I am concerned, get the hell out. If I was to go to a country such as Pakistan where the law/rules were I could not reveal my skin and had to cover up, I would do. I'd respect the countries traditions and rules. I amn there as a visitor, yes I may not like been hot in complete covered up clothes, but i have a choice between going there and not. And so I will live how they expect me to. The same applies to this country. 5) Terrorism: Ok I am not the sort of person who thinks that every single Muslim is goign to bomb us, I am not that small minded, but what better guise for a terrorist, be it an IRA bomber or an Islamic Extremist, than a full outfit which covers the WHOLE body, from head to toe, including the face, eyes and mouth (many have a mesh over the eyes even!), even if they were a well known terrorist, you wouldnt know! 6) EVEN MUSLIM COUNTRIED ARE BANNING THEM! I read yesterday a Muslim country has banned the burka, but our country is too flipping PC that they're worried of offending anybody, what they dont realise is MANY people dont give two hoots whether its banned or not, and will happily do as they are asked by the government, happy to be here and will live how they are asked. So yes I say Ban the Burkha. I would sign a petition for that 10 times over.

hello there, how about those millionairee visitors from here who spend millions of euros in paris, will that rule also be applied? shall they be arrested and pay for breaking the rule?

Yes, I agree... Burkha should be treated the same as Helmets... The govt should make it clear that they are not against the religious practice, but that it is simply a part of security measures followed... I hope everyone will understand and respect the law... :)

I think it is a good idea to ban the bhurka, as it is a bit of a concern when you think of security in places like banks etc.The way terrorism is at the moment any one could put on a bhurka and do any thing they want, so if you can not wear helmets or hoodies you should not be allowed to wear a bhurka when entering banks