I think it's totally out of order to cover your face whilst in any dealing with another person. Anyone faced (or non-faced?) with such a person should say they are not prepared to talk to them unless they remove it.
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I long for the day when we can set British values and fair rules to be religion-less, culture-less, gender-less and apply fairly to everyone equally the same. Not targeted at anyone but no exceptions either.
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Here's the thing, Boris didn't make the argument to ban anything. Quite the opposite, he said they should not be banned and he specifically made the point that women should wear what they want. People like Warsi are specifically misrepresenting what he wrote.
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As of today there are 13 countries which ban the Burqua of which 3 are Muslim: Morocco, Chad & Tajikistan.
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There are already pretty strict laws in place to prevent people being naked in public. Full face veils are no different in my view. In fact they are worse because they pose a threat to public security.
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Also if full face veils are so empowering & liberating why don't Muslim men wear them? If they are that good surely men would love to wear them too.
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That question never gets a good answer, simply because there’s isn’t one. Wearing a full set of robes in >30C temps is quite patently ridiculous especially when the male family members will be in shorts and t-shirts.
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Indeed. That is because enforcing, often violently or through threats of violence, modesty codes & modesty uniforms on women is misogynistic. Designed to subject & limit women's involvement & participation in wider society.
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The "liberal" arguments in favour of Islamic modesty dress are the most positively absurd. In Western countries woken often don't have the choice. In many Muslim majority countries they certainly don't. Why Turkish nationalists banned headscarves in the 1920s.
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I have a slightly different reason for wanting women's face coverings banned. In the middle east such coverings together with other clothing are used as a form of oppression against women, and therefore cannot be garments of fashion or choice.
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If i go to another country, i follow the rules of that country. People coming to our country should follow our rules. Dont like it, dont Come here. It is rally that simple
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@SayeedaWarsi but it not the women making the choice is it. Clue, it’s the men !!!!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Yes and we also love to read faces, reactions, etc. I love freedom that our country gives but I don’t want my fellow students, my doctor, my dentist to be covered up. I want to interact with a face, not a piece of cloth. Nothing in the Qu’aran about covering the face.
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All Abrahamic religions show God as a man, all the prophets are men, the religions leaders are men, in most the congregation is male only but warsi argues women make the choice what to wear? Really? Wake up and smell the coffee time?
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Entirely reasonable - we should be allowed in normal situations to wear what we want (within limits of decency maybe).However if this sensible view is to be maintained, people should also be allowed to say if they don't like them. I don't like flares. Am I being '70's ist'?
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Of course - and that's precisely what Boris did.
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Spot on - face covering is offensive
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Bikini or Burkha - I say let women choose.