Okay being an Ex_Dutchman ... I need to ask ... whattheheck is a burqa??
*turns on 1 more tab to google it* aah okay it is
this in which case I would think some of the reasons being "concealment of various weapons" or just plain concealment of the person which I imagine would make it hard to ID any particular individual, specially if other ppl start to take advantage of this mode of dress, I.E. the criminal class.
I personally don't think that the Dutch Gov. has done this for religious reasons but more as a pragmatic approach to curb crime.
But hey I could be wrong and after all it is only IMHO <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
