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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
something interesting from the newspaper in these couple of days
Bishop backs ban on Muslim headscarves
Liberal backbencher Bronwyn Bishop has backed a push to ban Muslim girls from wearing headscarves at public schools, describing their use as an iconic act of defiance.
Ms Bishop backed the view of outspoken Liberal MP Sophie Panopoulos, who last week said she was concerned about Muslim women not showing their faces when they posed for photographic identification.
Ms Bishop on Sunday said the issue had been forced upon Australia, which was experiencing a clash of cultures.
"In an ideal society you don't ban anything," she told the Seven Network.
"But this has really been forced on us because what we're really seeing in our country is a clash of cultures and indeed, the headscarf is being used as a sort of iconic item of defiance," she told Channel Seven.
"I'm talking about in state schools. If people are in Islamic schools and that's their uniform, that's fine. In private life, that's fine."
well, that just said it, how shallow minded this person are, despite being a MP, and from the poll results; 25% of Australians just as shallow as she is.. and dont get me started on the one who's not in the poll...
dont you people get it --> wearing hijab is not an element of culture, it is not an act of defiance nor is it a fashion statement to clash with the broader Australian community — it is a religious obligation that all Muslim women must follow [in this generation, not all of us, i would say],
it just the same thing as styling ur hair, though in this case, we choose to cover it..
Calling for the banning of the headscarves of one religion, yet ignoring the observances of other religions, such as the Sikh turban or Jewish yarmulka further instigates the feelings within the Islamic community, particularly among young people, that they are being targeted and seen as "different" from the rest of the community.
i;m probably not as religious as other person, but, i stand by my religion.. and wearing scarves is my identity as one
&faded to grey at 8/30/2005 01:32:00 pm♥
aJLa
I'm no angel.. and i manage to remain alive in my own quirky way
