Liberal democracies allow people to apply their own values to their own lives but not to anyone else's.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @HarithHere_ and
Liberal democracies also allow parents to decide what they feel is appropriate for their children.
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Replying to @siemaiqbal @HarithHere_ and
Within limits. Children have rights too.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @siemaiqbal and
To subscribe to gender-specific modesty codes or not is a decision that requires a certain maturity.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @siemaiqbal and
If it were not so loaded with sexual connotations, cld be appropriate for a primary school. Nothing wrong with a scarf in itself unless hot.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @HarithHere_ and
Sexual connotations for a 5 year old? Are you really saying that? Has it occured to you that its a worn as a religious symbol?
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Replying to @siemaiqbal @HarithHere_ and
But of what? Modesty as a religious virtue. Gender-specific modesty codes don't get better because they're religious.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @siemaiqbal and
If something is of my faith I uphold it regardless of liberal sensitivities. Where is your 'tolerance' or as always Islam is the exception?
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Replying to @HarithHere_ @siemaiqbal and
And I defend your right to do so. Wear a hijab if you wish. Don't expect schools to help you enforce this on primary school children.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @siemaiqbal and
There is no enforcement. If parents wish to make the choice then the're free to do so. Only reason this is a story is because it's Muslims.
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But that is only reason. No-one makes big drama when schools don't incorporate high heels or make-up into their uniform. #ReligiousPrivilege
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