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But I'm not sure all my arguments were based in religion when I was discussing France's proposed burqa ban in an earlier post. I was trying to use the secular argument that a society ought to embrace diversity. I live in Toronto. ... If Canada were
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Sarkozy in a speech to lawmakers Monday said the burqa -- the head-to-toe garment worn by some Muslim women that conceals their faces -- was not in accordance with the French values and that instead of a sign of religion its a sign of ...
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... defeat of “communalism” in the country's 2009 verdict, here comes a nation, known for its strictly secular polity, not the one that we practice here in India, which says that “burka” is not a sign of religion, but a sign of subservience .
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Underlying argument is that many women wear burqas by choice and not by force. So a ban is denying them of choice not only of clothes but also of religious freedom. Would you then force the nuns to wear jeans? Of course not. ... Secular nature of
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The burqa is a far more repressive statement than a cross but to be fair, just ban the lot in all secular countries. Australia has enough problems with imported belief sysems than christianity and to see women enclosed in such archaic ..... As far
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For me its honestly no different from sikhs wearing turbans or Rastas having dreds. Just because you don't like or understand something isn't necessarily a reason to ban it. Honestly, it really doesn't affect other people if someone ... and there
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By declaring war on the all-enveloping full-length veil worn by only a tiny minority of Muslim women in France, Sarkozy ensured that his secularist assault on religious fundamentalism would grab the headlines, and dominate .... i can see both
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@x_Butterflies_and_Hurricanes_x - actually, i hadn't thought about that, but i am remembering an incident with a high school student who wore a turban in the alternative high school. he claimed it was for religious reasons, but it was also a ....