Can you help me better understand the incident in Britian with Islamic womens attire?

Question

I understand that everyone should dress as they choose. I understood that it was more of an issue that the students could not understand the woman under a veil. Perhaps that woman did not feel that way. Islamic people feel that British society in not letting them assimulate into the community.

I applied for a job at a Seventh Day Adventist hospital. I would not shave my facial hair. Thus, I was not hired. No big deal I found another hospital that hired me.

If I were working in an Arabic country would I be allowed to drink alcohol? Of course not. Do we have a double stand here. Possibly. Is this being blown out of proportion. Is there anything Britian can do to make a compramize?

What are your opinions?

Forgive me. I'm one of those big slow weightlifters. Doesn't hypocrite have three syllables?

Chevalier, thank you for the reply. Could you explain more. What city?

Answer 1

I live in a big city in an Arab country. where there is no shortage of places where foreigners are served alcohol and where female tourists and foreign residents roam their streets showing off their thighs, bosoms and a good part of their derriéres. No restictions whatsoever imposed. Actually nobody gives a dam about how you dress. And all of this is happening in a place where people do not not enjoy your "freedoms"

Answer 2

This is the first I've heard of this issue, so I will say this cautiously, since I haven't heard all the facts.

I believe that every Muslim woman has the right to dress according to her own standards of modesty. She has every right to wear the clothing of her religion. I do not support anything that would take her religious right away from her in this regard.

I have a difficult time believing that there was truly an issue of the students not being able to hear their teacher because of a veil. Perhaps the lady was just soft-spoken to begin with. I can't honestly imagine the veil making it so difficult for them to hear her. I fear that the complaints were simply over the fact that she chose to dress according to her Islamic faith, instead of that they really and truly couldn't hear her.

If I had a teacher I couldn't hear, I would ask to sit up front, and ask if she could please try to speak up. If it continued to be a problem, I might go to the principal and see if it was possible to get her a mic or something. I just can't imagine how the veil is the real problem here.

Answer 3

The incident I heard about is described in the link below.
A schoolgirl who spoke only English was placed in a discussion group with 5 "Asian" students, only one of whom spoke English, and the 5 were conversing in a language she didn't understand, so she requested to be reassigned to another goup. She was accused of racism and arrested, but no charges were filed.

Answer 4

I can help you better understand the islamic mentality regarding religious tolerance, and I can do it in five syllables. Are you ready? They are HY - PO - CRITES.