Sri Lanka Bans Any Form Of Face Covering In Public Including Burqas And Niqabs.

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6969793/Sri-Lanka-bans-face-coverings-prevent-terrorists-covering-identity-Easter-bombings.html

Should the UK now do the same?

[naomi24]

xBriannax/danny/spath, a little light reading - and this from this country.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10318092/Boris-Johnson-forcing-children-to-wear-burka-to-school-is-against-countrys-values-of-liberty.html

[dannyk13]

Naomi,
https://www.quora.com/At-what-age-do-Muslim-women-start-wearing-head-coverings
The age given in the above article is when the girl reaches puberty.

[spathiphyllum]

Brilliant reporting...

"forcing children to wear burka to school "

"when outside school."

[dannyk13]

and your link refers to only one school.

[naomi24]

danny, see my post at 15:11 Mon.

[spathiphyllum]

"Forcing children to wear the burka to school is “completely wrong” and goes against this country’s values of liberty, Boris Johnson has said."

Cool, boris said something.. is that worth an article on it's own? Apparently.


"He was speaking after it emerged a number of secondary schools have forced children as young as 11 to wear the full covering when outside school."

"11 to wear the full covering when outside school."

"full covering when outside school."

"outside school."

"outside".

[dannyk13]

Naomi, maybe that is your experience.

[spathiphyllum]

Regarding that post.. what does "facilitating the bully." mean?



Try talking to the girls who feel protected wearing their wraps.

[naomi24]

danny, from my link, //it emerged a number of secondary schools have forced children as young as 11 to wear the full covering when outside school. //

Several schools are named.

Spath, think about why it's only outside school.

[spathiphyllum]

Naomi how about you just tell me.

[spathiphyllum]

I left Toby at home.

[naomi24]

spath, facilitating the bully means doing nothing to stop a bully bullying - in fact encouraging it. Is that what you want to do?

Incidentally, I've spoken to rather a lot of Muslim ladies and girls.

[spathiphyllum]

not all of these girls are bullied into wearing these wraps. Many of them choose them.

[naomi24]

spath, how about you try thinking for a change.

[dannyk13]

Naomi, also from your link:-
//There is no religious justification for this. These are people playing an identity political game. They are using Islam to assert one identity over another. It’s far-left politics.”//

[naomi24]

spath, we're not taking about the women and girls who are free to choose.

[spathiphyllum]

"spath, how about you try thinking for a change."
you mean you saying something obscure, me questioning it, then you sending me off on some spiritual adventure to find my true self? Just say what ur thinking, i'll listen and take it on. It's better than rabbit holes and implications, as well as rhetorical questions.

[spathiphyllum]

Oh.. are we only talking about the suppressed ones in burqas? Well of course.