Shoutbox

I don't agree that Muslim women should even be asked if they take off their veil, its part of their religion, its not like somebody wearing a motorcylce helmet like people keep comparing it to, because its part of what they believe in and part of their lifestyle. And so what if its a tradition that has come from however many hundred years ago from another country, they should take pride that they've held onto part of their culture and religion.. not like Christians who changed the Old Testiment so they could drink alcohol, because it did state that alcohol was prohibited.
What people don't come to realise is that their are some similarities between Islam and Christianity.. for example in Islam its prohibited to eat any meat from a pig, it also states that in the Bible! Leviticus chapter 11, verse 8, .....regarding swine it says, "of their flesh (of the swine) shall you not eat, and of their carcass you shall not touch; they are unclean to you." What I'm getting at is that Islam always gets heightened to be 'extreme' and what not by how they dress, what they don't eat etc.. but they're only following what their religion teaches and how it guides them. Maybe it would also say in the Bible to dress modestly I'm not sure I havn't researched into it but that's all they're doing, they're protecting themselves and having respect for themselves by choosing not to flaunt their bods off. It's become such a big issue when in reality it really is causing no-one any harm, but Jack Straw should respect people's beliefs and choices instead of suggesting they change their values for his happiness and comfort. It's stupid to say Britain accepts cultures and we're multicultural and what not when the majority of society feel so strongly against something so trivial as the veil. People keep saying 'they've come to OUR country, THEY should adapt to US' but then that's just going against any form of multiculturalism altogether. And have you ever thought that maybe these women feel uncomfortable and insecure when having to speak to women who reveal their bodies as in show their cleavage and legs? As someone said before its a minority of Muslim women who choose to wear the veil, the majority wear hijab which is the head scarf which covers the hair and shoulder region. So I don't think it should have been dramatised as much as it has.