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 2025-06-05 10:20:26 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:20:15 +0100
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  • signed 2025-06-05 10:18:44 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:18:35 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:18:33 +0100
    This face mask on women is a security issue and not part of our culture, I don’t want to see it in our country
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:18:27 +0100
    This is a security issue. Has no place in western society.
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:18:20 +0100
    Not needed in this country could be anyone behind this disguise we are in Britain not an Islamic country.
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:18:14 +0100
    Is it a woman or a man under a burka?? Terrorists could be using burkas to be hiding in plain sight! Ban them, they have no place in British society
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:17:52 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:17:51 +0100
    Enormous security risk ! Men hidden behind mask ?
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:16:38 +0100
    The wearing of the burka/niqab is medieval and needs to be sent back to the time of its creation.
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:16:24 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:16:22 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:15:20 +0100
    This is not acceptable ,how do we know who is wearing it I find the sight of the burka quite intimidating it could be a male terrorist .
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:15:11 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:14:54 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:14:41 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:14:20 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:14:15 +0100
    It has no place in the UK
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:14:08 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:13:59 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:13:54 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:13:21 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:11:44 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:11:44 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:11:36 +0100
    I find the Burka an oppression of women in a democratic country.

    It is not mandatory to wear a Burka in the Islamic faith.
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:11:31 +0100
  • signed 2025-06-05 10:11:14 +0100
    Ban Burkha and all face coverings