"Burqa an affront to human dignity say Muslim women July 2011 NZ Herald
A Muslim women's group is expected to tell a public forum in NZ tonight that the burqa is not a requirement in Islam and it is "an affront to human dignity" for women to be forced to wear it. Sisters in Islam say "There is enough literature to show that the face veil is not a requirement in Islam. In a conservative, patriarchal Muslim context, face veiling really symbolises women's invisibility and inferior status. That a woman should not be seen and heard, and should she venture into the public space she must be as invisible as possible, is an affront to human dignity."
BBC Monday, 5 October 2009 14:07 UK
Egypt cleric 'to ban full veils'
The niqab has become increasingly popular among Egypt's Muslim radicals
"Egypt's highest Muslim authority has said he will issue a religious edict against the growing trend for full women's veils, known as the niqab.
Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, dean of al-Azhar university, called full-face veiling a custom that has nothing to do with the Islamic faith.
Although most Muslim women in Egypt wear the Islamic headscarf, increasing numbers are adopting the niqab as well.
The practice is widely associated with more radical trends of Islam.
The niqab question reportedly arose when Sheikh Tantawi was visiting a girls' school in Cairo at the weekend and asked one of the students to remove her niqab.
The Egyptian newspaper al-Masri al-Yom quoted him expressing surprise at the girl's attire and telling her it was merely a tradition, with no connection to religion or the Koran. "
http://www.dhushara.com/book/sakina/fatwah/purdah.htm
Selbst in der muslimischen Welt wird die Burka als nicht religiös islamisch und die Würde der Frau verletzend abgelehnt.
Um so eigenartiger muten die Versuche, die Diskussion über das Tragen der Burka in Deutschland zu unterbinden, an.