[Tom4784]

I don't see the point in banning it outside of areas where covering your face is a security risk.

You can't force a change in attitude, women who want to wear the burkha will ironically feel like their own rights to choose what they want to wear is being taken from them. You can't force moderation on people just like you can't force fundamentalism.

The government should have tried to shephard in a more gentle period change, if the country is as split as it's made out to be over the issue then a ban will only cause trouble for them.