Switzerland Region Bans Full Head Coverings. Muslims Are Mad. Discuss.
Written by Mockarena According to this, there's a region in Switzerland which voted to ban the wearing of full face head coverings, and now the Swiss Muslim community is majorly peeved, and they're all, "You're violating our rights!"Riiiiiight. Because everyone knows how tolerated other religions are in Muslim countries.
The
bill read, "No one may mask or hide their face on the public highway,
nor in places open to the public, except places of worship, nor those
offering a public service. No one may require another person to cover
their face for reasons of gender.”
I
don't know about you all, but I view this as a public safety measure,
and that's that. If you want to cover your entire body head to toe
except for eye slits in your own home, have at it. But when you're in
public, you don't get to hide. I feel the exact same way about ski
masks.
The Swiss Central Islamic Council said this is just another "loud expression of social Islamophobia.”
It's
not, actually. It's about public safety. It's about pots and melting
into them. And one of the campaigners in favor of this measure said it
well. His statement read, "Those who want to integrate are welcome
irrespective of their religion. But those who rebuff our values and aim to build a parallel society based on religious laws, and want to place it over our society, are not welcome.”
Exactly.
In 2010, France passed a law banning full-face veils in public and Belgium later did the same. We wrote about that right here.
So, what do you think? Should full burkas or other similar head coverings be allowed or should they be outlawed in public?
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