10-09-2006, 10:21 PM
I'll start another thread on this, so the stadium poll doesn't go off-topic.
Quote:Also i dont know if anyone knows but here in the UK the niqab has become an big issue and the kufr basically want to ban muslim women from wearing it.
And in todays lesson, 2+2=5
No one, I repeat no one, has seriously suggested that the veil should be banned outright.
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Jack Straw does not insist women remove their veil, and only asked that they remove them in meetings, and even then only when another woman is in the room. Its only a request, not an order, because he feels uncomfortable in a 'face to face' meeting when the other person is completely covered.
TBH I can see his point, to a degree. While I fully believe that you have the right to freedom of choice in this country (enough people have died fighting for that right) and any woman, muslim or no, has the right cover herself as she see's fit, I do find it uncomfortable being around women dressed like that. This isn't just some racial thing, just a difference in cultures. Facial expression plays a huge part in communication (which is why internet smilies where created), and while muslims may well be comfortable with holding a conversation like that, it is unnerving to non-muslims.
To look at it from another way, how many muslim men would be happy having a meeting with a non-muslim woman who's wearing a mini-skirt and low cut top?