Rejected petition Ban the Burkha

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The government have consistently ignored this open sore and it is time for the people to press MP's to heal it. This offensive garment has given the opportunity for criminals to hide beneath them and to escape justice. They are offensive and intimidating, there is nothing in a muslims religion to say they must wear them and they should be banned from doing so. Our ways are the ways of centuries and should not be changed by a group of people who want to live amongst us.

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Date submitted 5 August 2011
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