"Muslim women head-to-toe costume confronting"

Muslim garb confronting, says Howard heraldsun.news.com.au
27 Feb 06
Most Australians found the full traditional garb of Muslim women confronting, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
But he said there were no plans to ban the head-to-toe costume.
"I don't believe that you should ban wearing headscarfs but I do think the full garb is confronting and that is how most people feel.
"Now, that is not meant disrespectfully to Muslims because most Muslim women, a great majority of them in Australia, don't even wear headscarfs and very few of them wear the full garb."