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When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Its freedom of religion, it can conflict without breaking the law. Ask any lawyer. Sikhs by religious duty wield knifes, but in UK e.g. It is against the Law upon wearing knifes by regular folk, though Sikhs get special treatment. Niqab is in the same situation. I never heard of an incident where a women wearing a niqab stole something and used the niqab as a escape, people are just assuming and giving worse criticism regarding niqabs, because some politications brought it up
heres 4 different articles. btw i dont see the problem with sikhs wearing knives, cops have guns anyway if you try and come at a cop with a knife you will lose.
while it may suck for religious freedom, they can wear their niqab at home all they like.
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/man-uses-ni...bbery-1.591269
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...bery-1.3221372
in this article they didnt get away but its a robbery committed all the same.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12101647
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/201...ank-robberies/
It entirely depends on how far a country will bend for religion. IMO, it shouldn't bend too far. Otherwise others will test out just what they can possibly do and claim it for the sake of religion. It sucks for those who are sincere about their beliefs and mean zero harm to others, but we live in a world where the few ruin it for the rest.
If the school and other public places have a rule against face covering and this student is allowed, why can't a guy walk around with just a loincloth and say it's his religious belief?
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In my opinion religion should be more of a private thing and law of the state > religious beliefs. If its inapropriate to wear something that covers your face: dont wear it. And in placecs like schools it simply is inapropriate. Freedom of religion is good but it should have its limits. It is or should be, that you are free to belief whatever you are believing in, no matter what others beliefe or how ridicilous your believes are in the eyes of someone else. But that should not mean that you can do and act as you please in the name of your religion when its inadequate or in public life.
That's beside the point. There are readers who take things at face value they won't go and check but comment right away. It gets even worse if said false message is spread throughout social media. Germany has not banned them yet and it's unlikely that they will come to a conclusive solution anytime soon.
I am not a friend of laws being too specific because it would allow under circumstance to circumvent the law by using other means or reasons, it also has the side-effect of being accused of targeting specific groups.
In principle I am in favour of generally extending anti-mask laws for security purposes to public places and institutions or institutions fulfilling purposes on behalf of public law which means it's covering all kinds of places including schools and would not explicitly aim at specific groups. Modern law should supersede ancient religious laws especially when it comes to matters of security.
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Because wearing a baseball cup is not against the law so teachers can have decisions, some are cool and let you have it some don't. If you fail to oblige then you are one stubborn kid (talking in general). Wearing a niqab and then banning a student over is just against the law and the parents can sue and will win, thats why schools are very careful about it.
niqabs are less conspicious than wearing say a ski mask to a bank robbery. it is you who is confused if you cant figure that one out, and their sex is irrelevant. it may be a woman's attire but any disguise can be worn by a criminal regardless of it being for male/female. I know Sikhs are generally peaceful and theres a 0.001% chance they would attack someone with their ceremonial knife so thats no big deal to me. i'm just saying a knife while it can be a deadly weapon usually a kirpan is not, especially when compared to a bomb.
What if it was part of my religion that women aren't allowed to leave the house?
Religious expression is fine as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others, and these women are indoctrinated from childhood to believe that they need to run around dressed like that because it pleases god. If anything, that form of religion is a form of abuse.
Certain practices in religions shouldn't be tolerated.