PETITION: Ban the burka! Ban this oppressive medieval practice!

33,735 Signatures
Goal: 100,000 Signatures

ADDRESSED TO: JUSTICE SECRETARY SHABANA MAHMOOD

Today, in the House of Commons, a Reform MP, Sarah Pochin, questioned Keir Starmer about banning the oppressive Islamic burka.

Keir Starmer ignored the question, but the question has caused a storm in politics and in the media.

The British people overwhelmingly want the burka/niqab banned on security grounds.

The burka/niqab is a backward practice that oppresses women.

We have launched a petition that we intend to deliver to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, demanding that there is an urgent public referendum on this issue.

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COMMENTS

  • signed 2026-03-29 19:19:23 +0100
  • signed 2025-11-01 20:09:33 +0000
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  • signed 2025-08-19 16:28:39 +0100
  • signed 2025-08-10 20:13:53 +0100
    For those who come to our country..England…seeking asylum / its resouces .

    in a friendly country and continue to wear the burka is disrespectful
  • signed 2025-08-08 09:04:02 +0100
  • signed 2025-08-03 12:46:07 +0100
  • signed 2025-08-03 10:58:03 +0100
    They have to be banned full stop We should not be allowing this happening in our country
  • signed 2025-07-28 08:11:40 +0100
    It is appalling how women are forced to wear these headcoverings. Total abuse.
  • signed 2025-07-27 21:25:07 +0100
    Britain should have made the Burka and all face coverings illegal a long time ago, many other countries have and we ought to have followed them.
  • signed 2025-07-26 10:57:23 +0100
    The burka is unacceptable in the West.
  • signed 2025-07-21 09:58:48 +0100
  • signed 2025-07-12 11:02:17 +0100
    They must be banned in all public places. They are a massive security risk
  • signed 2025-07-10 16:43:53 +0100
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  • signed 2025-07-01 14:35:01 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-30 15:31:22 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-28 09:44:31 +0100
    Burka belongs to the middle age, not the times we’re living. It may be a traditional custom, but in U.K. we have out own traditions, long estabilished
  • signed 2025-06-28 02:23:03 +0100
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