We need  to ban the burqa! It is offensive and denigrates women to the lowest common denominator. I would never want to see my wife or daughter ever be forced to wear such garb. It is very offensive indeed. Wear want you want in your churches, mosques or homes. My Muslim friends say that the burqa is not part of their religion. It is from an outdated cultural backward thinking ideology forced upon women. Especially in Saudi Arabia where their way of life is contrary to the rest of world with respect to women's rights. Why do we even do business with them? Do we need their oil that badly?