If the Islamic veil needs to be banned for security reasons — if the full niqab is indeed a form of criminal concealment, foiling identification by security personnel — then let’s be logical:
let’s ban sunglasses
and big floppy sunhats
and tinted contact lenses.
let’s ban wigs
and hair extensions
and make-up.
let’s ban beards
and clowns’ faces
and cosmetic surgery
and mustaches
and baseball caps
and hair dye
and skin lighteners
and spray-on tans.
let’s ban and ban and ban
until there’s nothing left to ban any more
and then we’ll be….
safe?
Ah, yes! Safe at last! It seems to be forgotten that “Islam” from the root – SaLaMa– means: peaceful surrender to Unity, it also has to do with feeling safe.
Good poem.
T’m