i do think maesters are the safest in westerosMind you , not accessible to half the population . The female equivalent would be septa or Silent Sister , I suppose . For them the celibacy vow is an actual bonus to life expectancy too , presumably , since it means no babies and no bloody bed to die in . <| sep |> That , my friend , was a no parking zone <| sep |> I consider my girlfriend my baby too <| sep |> It is a security risk , unless you think women are incapable of committing crimes . Hundreds of women wear them in the UK , the amount of crimes it leads to . ? When it ' s necessary to remove them for security , they remove them . What crimes do you think these women are committing ? How does it not hinder communication when you can ' t see their face ? How much of what we are trying to convey is through facial expression ? The niqab is far more common than the burqa , and the eyes are uncovered . The point I was trying to make is that it hinders communication and assimilation because people don ' t approach these people with an open mind . You seem to have a very favourable view of complete face covering if they happen to be worn by Muslim women not the men of course . , so would you mind giving me actual reasons why it ' s such a great thing ? Because I can ' t think of a single thing . I don ' t love the burqa , I don ' t think it ' s great . I just love free of expression , and I have a strong dislike for bigotry and xenophobia . If there were any other garments of any other group or religion under attack I would also be defending them . Good , so the number of places they can move to is in the dozens . Why stay here then ? Yeah , get outta our country . Now I see where you ' re coming from . It ' s not tricky , It is tricky actually , you may crave simplicity , but that ' s not how life works . if someone says they are a Muslim , then they are . Not really , if I said I was a Muslim or a Jew , yet adhered to none of the principles in the respective scriptures , and observed none of the holidays or rituals , would that make me a Muslim or a Jew ? God judges , not you , not a majority of Muslims , because faith is personal . Do I need to remind you what happens when other people can decide how religious or not you are ? Inquisition ring a bell ? Religious police in Saudi Arabia ? Asad Shah , who was murdered for not being the right kind of Muslim ? He was Ahmadi , who are not recognised as being Muslims , his murderer was though . Is that the kind of person and community that you want to be siding with ? Religion is a human invention . It lives and dies with the people who observe it . Scriptures exist , but interpretations change . I don ' t believe I have advocated for religious police or anything along the lines of the Spanish inquisition . Islam is more than just a word , it ' s not that simple . You can do whatever you like in he name of Islam , or Christianity , or in the name of anything else , but it doesn ' t mean that the original idea supports your actions in any way .