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

Joe Hopkins signed 2025-06-05 21:20:44 +0100
Laine Chapman signed 2025-06-05 21:20:40 +0100
Renee Sears signed 2025-06-05 21:19:32 +0100

Apart from being an insult to women, why should some be free to escape the awful facial recognition cameras that are all over our country.
Kulvinder Kaur signed 2025-06-05 21:17:46 +0100
Alan Blackhurst signed 2025-06-05 21:17:01 +0100
Rod Stocks signed 2025-06-05 21:14:08 +0100
Charlotte Mackenzie signed 2025-06-05 21:11:55 +0100
Carol-Ann Logie signed 2025-06-05 21:06:11 +0100
Marsden Louise signed via David Stewart 2025-06-05 21:01:03 +0100
Sandra Chiddy signed 2025-06-05 21:00:05 +0100

We are British and people who come here to live should abide by our Laws. We do not know who is behind the burka, it could be anyone even a terrorist
John Parry signed 2025-06-05 20:58:00 +0100

There is no need for this
Christine Watkins signed 2025-06-05 20:56:56 +0100
Lee Cousins signed 2025-06-05 20:54:36 +0100
Janet Mahon signed 2025-06-05 20:51:29 +0100
Ian Voller signed 2025-06-05 20:50:42 +0100

Where are the western feminists in standing up for the Muslim women who are forced to wear this unnatural garment.
Go Andreas signed 2025-06-05 20:50:01 +0100

How would they feel if I rocked up to a mosque in fully white bedsheets, fully covered with slits.
Derek Robinson signed 2025-06-05 20:48:14 +0100
Ashwin Mandalia signed 2025-06-05 20:47:23 +0100
Trevor James signed 2025-06-05 20:45:44 +0100
David Stewart signed 2025-06-05 20:45:31 +0100

ban that abysmal thing entirely off our streets, & any where we Brits Associate.
Martin Henshaw signed 2025-06-05 20:42:33 +0100
Keith Crane signed 2025-06-05 20:40:29 +0100
Sharon Stewart signed 2025-06-05 20:39:45 +0100

This is Britian if they want to wear these burgas go to the country it originated from .we don’t want it here
Angeline Gay signed 2025-06-05 20:36:41 +0100

Hate them the women should not be hiding their beautiful faces
Susan Huntley signed via Francis Huntley 2025-06-05 20:34:33 +0100

As a biker I can’t cover my head in stores and banks so why can they
James Kelly signed 2025-06-05 20:32:38 +0100

This is ENGLAND
Regina Waters signed 2025-06-05 20:30:42 +0100
Robert Harnett signed 2025-06-05 20:29:33 +0100
David Stanley signed 2025-06-05 20:28:34 +0100

I doesn’t make any sense that anyone can take a driving test, go into a bank etc with their face fully covered.
Robert Agnew signed 2025-06-05 20:26:08 +0100