[Reader-list] Now Shiv Sena demands ban on burqa

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Now Shiv Sena demands ban on burqa
PTI, Oct 19, 2010, 12.07pm IST

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena, which is facing flak over pushing Mumbai University
to withdraw Rohinton Mistry's Booker prize-nominated book, today
opened a new front by calling for a ban on burqa (veil) worn by Muslim
women.

"If the burqa is used to steal children, then we demand that it be
banned as per law," an editorial in the party mouthpiece 'Saamna'
said.

A two-month-old baby boy was kidnapped on October 15 allegedly by an
unidentified burqa-clad woman from a civic-run hospital in suburban
Santa Cruz.

Lauding the French government on its decision to ban 'burqas' and
other full-body robes worn by some Muslim women, the editorial said
the French President had taken a 'revolutionary step' to ban the
burqa.

"When burqa was banned in Turkey by Kemal Pasha, Islam did not come in
between. Why only is it so in India?" it said.

Sena is under fire for forcing the University of Mumbai to drop the
Booker nominated novel by Rohinton Mistry, 'Such a Long Journey', from
its BA syllabus, alleging that the book 'poorly represented' the
saffron party.

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