In referring to the Burqa bans contemplated or actually in place in Europe, USA Today includes this picture and uses the phrase "face veil".
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Burqa bans grow fashionable in Europe, [2]By Jabeen Bhatti and Aida Alami, June 27, 2010.
Another term used for these things is "headscarf."
Let's define some terms here--this is a headscarf, as worn by the Queen of England, in an informal outdoor setting.
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This is a veil, as worn by Ethel Kennedy at the funeral of her husband, Robert Kennedy [4], who had been shot by an Arab immigrant:
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What the modern Islamic woman is wearing is more like a Ninja mask. Not a veil, not a headscarf, a mask.
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As such, the burqa has frequently been used [8] for purposes of terror and armed robbery, frequently by men. So if we don't ban burqas, we may need more veils. [9]
Links:
[1] http://blog.vdare.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/burqax-topper-medium1.jpg
[2] http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-06-27-Burqa_N.htm?csp=obnetwork
[3] http://blog.vdare.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/queen-elizabeth-getty-74127386_205739781.jpg
[4] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/6093166/Senator-Ted-Kennedy-dies-the-Kennedy-family-as-a-political-force.html?image=11
[5] http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:vdare.com Sirhan Sirhan&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
[6] http://blog.vdare.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/veil.jpg
[7] http://blog.vdare.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ninjalesson1.jpg
[8] http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2008/05/01/deconstructing-islamophobia-who-is-that-masked-woman/
[9] http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter092801.asp