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Personally i agree with Jack Straw, i would find it rude if someone was wearing one of these veils whilst in a meeting/conference....

i also agree on the comment that 'wearing the veils seperates muslims from everyone else' (or something along those lines). The veils do not help a multicultural comunity blend and get along.

im not being racist. some people are going to say if they want to wear a veil then they can, its their right to.... but what about all the stuff like, if i want to wave a st georges flag i can, its my right or whatever... but apparently certain flags are offensive.

yea. jack straw...

agree? disagree?

Got a link as to who slash what Jack Straw actually is slash does?

Depends on how extreme they are, as long as I can clearly see someone’s face and it’s just used to basically cover the hair I don't have a problem with it.

But when they cover the mouth or other parts of the face it’s different, since you can't see facial expressions which make things like a meeting very hard.

i agree with menthix, and i'll also add that.. u can't even be sure that the person present (behind the veil) is the actual person you think it is.
also.. security issues, i mean it could be anybody

I agree with him too, it's all down to how we're becoming so politically correct.

If I wore a balaclava in to a meeting people would think... well, they'd think all sorts of stuff. If I even wear a cap in to school I get told to take it off.

Allowing exceptions to be made for certain religions does cause rifts, and it also - although of course this does not happen in our politically correct society - allows groups of people to be more easily discriminated against.

Why is it only women that wear veils anyway? I mean it's not like certain other clothes that only women wear for good reason...

Agreeing wih menthix, i think the argument is a bit.. hmmm...i dont know the word.
but if you were muslim would you stop following your beliefs for a few random people that have a problem with it?
i wouldnt.

Yer but you could take off the veil just for the meeting but then gain I'm not a muslim so I wouldn't know.

Where is the "Who the hell is Jack Straw"-option?

Everyone has a right to wear what the hell you want. At the end of the day it's part of a religion. Wearing a Christian cross isn't banned, that's showing the religion. Wearing a veil is just a Muslim way of showing their religion.


This annoys me. *flies away*