Afam4eva:
The bolded is permitted as long as it's done in the comfort of one's home. But anything that will affect other people need to be looked into. I'm not saying it's wrong to wear a hijab but for the sake of security and posterity, any kind of total face covering should be banned. We need to see the faces of people around us. if they want to keep covering their faces then they should stay indoors.

claremont:
Guy, listen to yourself. How can you compare the killing of another human being to the wearing of a hijab?! Think through your arguments before you write them.

France outlawed the hijab NOT because they felt it was an instrument of murder (which YOU claim it is), but because they believed it infringed on female rights.

ijebabe:
It is not for you to decide what people wear and who should stay indoors! It is a shame that woman/man who damaged that girls face can't be found, that doesn't mean the nijab should be banned!
That person used it to hide his/her identity to carry out the crime, whether the nijab is banned or not, would have covered up to attack the girl anyway.

Its like saying if women stop wearing short dresses there will be no rape. Once a person is sick in the head or wants to carry out an evil deed you think banning a nijab will get in his/her way?

How can the UK take away such rights from their citizens? It sounds ridiculous to me.

Brand_new: Did you say weak acid? Means there are more potent ones?
Chineke me!

Afam4eva:
Again, this is not about the hijab but about facial coverings. Do you know some religions allows people to walk unclad? Will you also defend people who their religions allows them to walk unclad in public? But walking unclad has been banned by most countries without bearing in mind that it's the belief of some people.

la furia: y
@topic, it is in this case i always believe an eye for an eye should be carried out. whoever commited the crime should be bathed with concentrated 98% H2SO4 or HF a

shadrach77:
oni is yoruba

Sisi_Kill: I suppose if the attacker had worn a Halloween costume. ...people will call for those to be banned too.

What about a hoodie to cover his head and a bandana to cover his face. ...guess those would be added to the list of banned items.

Last I checked the smiley face facemask is still on sale and people still wearing it depite the fact that it was used to commit two bank robberies, one of which included the murder of a cashier.

Naija and their knee jerk quick fixes to everything......never look beyond the surface.

ocman: muslim at it again. always know with animalistic tendencies and wickedness cum destructions. where are these people from sef? okay from ismael the product of illicit sex by ibrahim

obama'sbabe:
In my opinion she knows the cause of the attack. Most of these young girls will not leave people's husbands alone not knowing it hurts and such affairs can destroy peoples' homes. Well I may do same cos I never dated any body's husband while single.

okunoba: @Ijebabe, As mentioned by Afam, there are many societies where walking naked in public is part of their culture and way of life, but I am sure this isn`t allowed in most parts of the World and certainly in all muslim countries. Based on your logic, shouldn`t these people be allowed to follow their tradition of wearing very little or nothing in Mecca and all the other Countries where it`s not allowed? But since it doesn`t affect you, u don`t care about tradition in this case. Atleast they are not using it as a cover to commit a crime.

Covering up of the face is a difficult thing to ban but it should be looked into.

coogar:

how could she have known the cause of the attack? you people and your nollywood mentality.........what if it was her ex boyfriend or someone she had a brazilian weave deal with that poured acid on her? it could even have been a random attack like the boy that punched a white chic the other day?

Omuha: Why do you fail to see that it is your husband dating someone else,not someone dating him.You write as though your husband is a bag of beans with no mind of his own.You honestly do no deserve to mix with humans.

coogar:

your reasoning sometimes does not portray that you went to school!

why would anyone wear halloween costume in january in public? we are saying any form of facial masks should be banned in public and you are talking halloween masks. there are organisations in britain where you cannot even wear hoodies - why not sanction the laws to ban all sort of masks in public?

it's britain not mecca - the alleged killer of a female police officer in Manchester used this niqab to effect his escape out of england. there were protests then that niqab should be banned but the government said the reasons were not strong enough. one of the july 7 bombers used niqab to bail out from an underground station - there were calls then to ban niqab and now this one?

france have banned it, britain should ban it too. what's the point?

pDude: A Victoria's Secret shop assistant was scarred for life when a mysterious figure wearing a niqab threw acid in her face as she walked home from work.

Naomi Oni, 20, was left with severe burns on her head, neck, arms, legs and body after she was attacked in Dagenham, east London.

She has spent the past month having skin grafts and almost went blind, although she has now recovered her vision in her left eye and has partial sight in her right.

Her attacker was dressed like a [size=18pt]Muslim[/size] woman in a niqab, so Ms Oni could not see their face. Police have no idea who was responsible for the vicious attack, or why they did it.



The shop assistant - who is sole carer for her disabled mother Marian Yalekhue, 52 - was making the five-minute journey back to their flat from the bus stop when she heard someone behind her.

She had just finished a late shift at the Westfield Stratford store and was on the phone to her boyfriend Ato Owede, 23, at 12.40am.

'I’d been working a late shift and was talking to my boyfriend about what we were going to do for New Year when I saw this[size=18pt] Muslim[/size] woman wearing a niqab covering her face,' she told the Evening Standard.

'I thought it was a bit strange at that time of night, but she didn’t say anything and I kept on walking.



'Then I felt a splash on my face. It burned and I screamed out. I started running and screaming, holding my face, all the way home. I didn’t look back.

'I got home and I was screaming and banging on the door. I was hysterical. Luckily my godmother, who is a pharmacist, was at home with my mum and she helped me and kept dipping my face in water and trying to calm me down until the police and ambulance got there.

'I was in shock. Saying: "Who would do that? Who would do that?" How could anyone do this?'.

She has released the shocking images of her disfigured face in an appeal for help to catch the attacker whose identity was concealed behind the Muslim women’s dress which completely covers the face apart from the eyes.

Ms Oni decided to speak out after police failed to establish any motive behind the December 30 attack or identify a suspect.

She said the attack had 'destroyed' her life and left her too afraid to venture out or even show her face in public.

'I look in the mirror and it just isn’t me. I’ll never look the same again,' she said. 'I’ve always been outgoing and confident in my job and in my personal life, used to getting attention for the way I dress or my hair, but now I don’t want anyone looking at me.

'I don’t want people to see me in public. I don’t want to get the Tube or the bus. If I have to go to the hospital I take a taxi.

'I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to go back to my job. I was planning to go to college in September to study media and fashion, but I don’t even know if I’ll be able to do that.'

The store assistant has been told she faces months if not years of skin grafts and further plastic surgery and even then is likely to be left with severe facial scarring.

She and her mother say they are too afraid to go back to their council flat in Dagenham. They are currently sleeping on a friend’s sofa-bed after turning down the offer to be rehoused in Tottenham on safety grounds.

Ms Oni said she had been inspired by the story of Katie Piper, the model who launched a charity and spoke out publicly after falling victim to an acid attack orchestrated by her boyfriend, but that she would never feel safe with her attacker still at large.



'Even with the support of my family and friends and boyfriend I feel very alone,' she said. 'Nothing is going to be same anymore.'

A Scotland Yard spokesman said acid attacks were 'extremely rare' and that detectives were keeping an 'open mind as to the motive.'
Officers from Barking and Dagenham are investigating. No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing.\

http://alabamauncut..com/2013/02/naomi-oni-20-year-old-woman-scarred-for.html

Sisi_Kill:
Okay when we had our little tete-e-tete about how the school I attended had 10 pupil sharing one pencil and notebook....I didn't think you were gonna throw it in my face every single time. So much for BFFs and secret keeping

Dude lets do a wild guesstimate comparison of how many crimes have been committed wearing niqab vs the crimes committed wearing hoodies, masks, bandana etc. . . .the answer is obvious, no?! So if those other "mode of disguise" haven't been banned...why the knee jerk call for banning the niqab?!!!

We are talking about crimes on the street, you are bringing up organizations where one can't wear hoodies.
SMH

obama'sbabe:
In my opinion she knows the cause of the attack. Most of these young girls will not leave people's husbands alone not knowing it hurts and such affairs can destroy peoples' homes. Well I may do same cos I never dated any body's husband while single.

Sisi_Kill:

So so so sooooo disappointed you think that post made an iota of sense.

Used to think your username aptly described you...LOGICAL...then again maybe it does describe you seeing has it is incomplete.

obama'sbabe:
In my opinion she knows the cause of the attack. Most of these young girls will not leave people's husbands alone not knowing it hurts and such affairs can destroy peoples' homes. Well I may do same cos I never dated any body's husband while single.

Brand_new: Did you say weak acid? Means there are more potent ones?
Chineke me!