Jack straw do you agree with his opinions on veils?

[craigmason]

Cabinet Minister Jack Straw has said he would prefer Muslim women not to wear veils at all. he would rather the veils be discarded completely do you agree with his comments?

[pertfoxylush]

Hmmmm - very unsafe ground. Muslim women wear these for a reason and he's asking them to remove them and discard them.

 

Has he got the right?

[muddycoffee]

Cabinet Minister Jack Straw has said he would prefer Muslim women not to wear veils at all. he would rather the veils be discarded completely do you agree with his comments?

 

Incorrect.

Jack Straw asks muslim women from his constituency if they would mind removing a veil from their face if they come to a meeting with him in his surgery. And they don't mind.

 

Not much has been made of this but Mr Straw is going quite deaf, and he probably needs help with being able to lip read a little too, and you cannot do this if you can only see the eyes of the person you are speaking with.

 

We all know asian people who speak with a heavy accent, and it is sometimes difficult to make out what they are saying, my guess is that if you also have hearing difficulties, and you cannot see their mouth, it would make the communication much harder.

[Greenback]

There are different interpretations of how the Qur'an says women should dress all over the world, many more liberal than others.

 

I'm very uncomfortable with the burqa. To me, living in a country which believes in liberal values, it signifies an oppression that is incompatible with those values.

 

Then again, those same liberal values would probably tell me it's none of my business - which it probably isn't.

[granda-grunt]

when in rome do as the romans do

[Don_Kiddick]

It gives them something else to whinge about

[pumatic]

I 'would prefer Muslim women not to wear veils at all', but I'm not arrogant enough to think that my wishes should supercede theirs. Makes my ar5e twitch a bit seeing someone in a burqa behind the wheel of a car though, can't do their observations any favours.

[Magilla]

when in rome do as the romans do

 

Indeed, I agree with Jack Straw 100%. I cant see how anyone could disagree. Its obvious that people prefer to see others faces.

[Zamo]

I 'would prefer Muslim women not to wear veils at all', but I'm not arrogant enough to think that my wishes should supercede theirs. Makes my ar5e twitch a bit seeing someone in a burqa behind the wheel of a car though, can't do their observations any favours.

If you go to a Muslim country then the wishes and beliefs of their culture are expected to be observed. Is that arrogant of them?

[LordChaverly]

There are different interpretations of how the Qur'an says women should dress all over the world, many more liberal than others.

 

I'm very uncomfortable with the burqa. To me, living in a country which believes in liberal values, it signifies an oppression that is incompatible with those values.

 

Then again, those same liberal values would probably tell me it's none of my business - which it probably isn't.

 

 

Actually, I think it is 'our business' if it has possible ramifications for the wider society, in terms of its potential impact upon social cohesion. In addition to raising the practical issue of the veil being an impediment to effective face to face communication, he also argued that it might be viewed as a symbol of separateness from the wider society. I think it is the latter which is by far the most important issue.