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Originally Posted by DtheP47
People should in principle have the right to wear whatever they want and to express their religious beliefs. We live in an age of rights and freedoms enshrined in law. As long as it's a genuine expression of belief and not something imposed by social or familial pressures.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
The niqab has nothing to do with religion...it is all about male domination of women.
Nowhere in the Qu'ran does it tell women that they must cover their faces.
It is intimidatory, anti-social and when it comes to the courts of law and schools it should be banned.
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You need to reread my post Mrs P last sentence please.
And yes when the wearing of a veil impinges on the functioning of justice or education it can't be right that individual devotion takes priority.
Now reread my first and second sentences please.