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Veil row continues in UK
Council sez kids complained, someone posted that some of the kids were deaf and need to see the lips move She said many of the pupils at the school were Muslim and would have been used to seeing their mothers wearing the veil. Many are from Non English Speaking Backgrounds. NESB kids need extra plain and simple English lessons including watching the lips move The BBC said Kirkless Council had asked her to take off her veil in class, but she told the Today program she disputed their version of events. well she would, wouldn't she? She'd lose otherwise Ms Azmi said she had always been willing to take her veil off in front of children, but had refused to do so in the presence of male colleagues. A employment tribunal will consider the case. The issue of Muslim women wearing veils was thrust into the spotlight last week when Jack Straw said Muslim women who wore full veils made community relations difficult. He said he would prefer that women did not wear them because they acted as a "visible statement of separation and difference." All of us non-Muzzies would prefer it really. And when was the last time any of us were asked whether we wanted a big importation of Muslims? Where was the democratic choice there? Where was the referendum on changing our society? Was our culture so bad it needed changing? That's social engineering and we weren't asked. Today about 100 Muslim protesters shouted at Straw, a former foreign secretary and now leader of the house, as he arrived to hold a surgery at his constituency in Blackburn, Lancashire. Jack Straw for PM! Posted by: anon1 2006-10-15 |
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