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 2025-06-04 21:14:24 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:14:21 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:14:11 +0100
    The burka is an oppressive form of abuse hidden by religion, it is a 3rd world mechanism and in today’s open and democratic society it has no place
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:14:02 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:14:00 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:13:40 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:13:40 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:13:10 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:13:05 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:13:03 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:12:59 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:12:30 +0100
    Don’t belong in our part of the world, if they want to use it, go to a Muslim country.
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:12:28 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:12:22 +0100
    It’s not just a security issue, it’s oppressive to women. The Muslim culture is misogynistic and wrong. Very wrong. Why do we keep appeasing them?
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:12:20 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:12:11 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:12:00 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:11:59 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:11:53 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:11:45 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:11:35 +0100
    7th century mentality has no place in our society.
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:11:30 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:11:24 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:11:14 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:11:10 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:11:02 +0100
    Ban the burkha
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:11:01 +0100
  • signed via 2025-06-04 21:10:48 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:10:42 +0100
    Not only is it oppressive but it is a security issue, we don’t know who is behind the material and if helmets must be removed then so should these.
  • signed 2025-06-04 21:10:42 +0100