is it ok to ban the hijab??

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And the 'decision' was only giving individual headteachers power to decide. All they were saying was
"We don't advise you or encourage you to ban the hijab in schools. We're simply saying 'yes, you do have that authority.'"

And I feel that they should use it.

Well, I am going by the definition of"hijab" - it only covers hair. Muslim culture does have other forms of covering that obscures the face (e.g. niqab, burqa). But a hijab does not cover facial features at all.

Ah, well if you absorb my posts, you'll see my take. Not all that clued-up on the vocab.

Did I kill the thread?

Ban it.. School is not the place for religious statements.

Fair enough.

Quite a few people wore veils when I was at university in Bradford. It was unusual for the first few days, then I got over it.

Heh. An excellent and highly relevant point. Immigrants from anywhere to anywhere tend to hang on to their old culture.

1.As far as I can tell, we're talking about mandatory schooling, not uni.

It seemed to have drifted to a general discussion on Muslim headgear and if it's acceptable in Britain. My point was that I found it perfectly acceptable.

I want to wear an IRA mask. It's part of my religion. You're denying me my rights to my traditional dress, you racialists!

Sorry, I missed the drifting.

hijab? no

burqa? yes

Wear whatever you want . It soooo does not matter. If some one has issue with it, to hell with them! Give me a logical reason why. Thats all I ask. You will find no one can. And I'm sure your braids looked great.

Well, to be completly fair, then yes. What other possible solution? But I am also old enough to remember saying "Our Lords prayer" and "God Bless the Queen" in school and don't feel that it should have been removed. Loss of cultural background. Just what others would put in place in our "understanding and changing culturaly diverse society" or some other similar giberish. Equal is equal but why do we have to lose for others to say its fair?

It's an interesting take on the subject has to deal with Halloween.

One year I got made up as death. I bought a knarly costume and made my face up in white & black skull design. I tried going to the grocery store for some quick supplies, forgetting I had the hood and full face makeup on. My identity was completely concealed and you could have never guessed it was me under the disguise. The police officer, who was on guard at this store because the management hires officers due to a string of robberies, he demands that I pull the hood off so that he can see any identifyanle part of my face. Turns out, he says, that there's a law here in Tennessee that states no person can permanenttly conceal their face while in businesses. The cameras must be able to see your face.

So is that any different from a woman wearing a head to toe gown over her entire body? Hell no. The camera cannot see her face either.

In all fairness, here in America, I think the dress should have to be altered so that the woman's face is appearant. You should be able to see distinguishing features such as her whole face and hair.