"Silly measures like fining shopkeepers in defense of our language or banning the burqa make us seem like exactly what we've never been, which is a closed society," said Josep Ramoneda, a Catalan writer and philosopher.
Abbott has said that the burqa makes him "uncomfortable" and that he "wishes it was not worn in Australia".
How exactly does a burqa make getting your butt examined more difficult?
Exciting but somewhat illogical whole-room pieces like rows of praying burqas made from silver foil, and the waxworks of world leaders in motorised wheelchairs in his basement.
Unlike the Afghan version, which is a full face cover made of fabric, the burqa worn in parts of the Emirates looks like something from a Venetian masquerade, leaving the woman's eyes and mouth visible.
A good friend of the Australian Protectionist party, you might think that Redegalli spends more time in burqas than out, having previously protested against the fact that burqas make it difficult to drive and allow men to enter female restrooms (something he proved by doing it himself).
Create your own line of the Guess Who? game, using real-life participants in a burqa identity parade made up of your mates.
"Is it right to take the burqa and make it look 'cool' for children, to brainwash girls into thinking that a burqa gives you power instead of taking it away from you?" asked the novelist and commentator Bina Shah in a blog post.
Along the way, she thought of escape – either by grabbing a gun and killing them all, or creeping away while they slept, finding the nearest village, donning a burqa, and making her way to Mogadishu.
