She wants to wear her Niqab....  Its her preference, Do you enforce uniforms at this school or are the rest of the children allowed to wear what they want. Are you scared that her Niqab is going to self-destruct and waste a whole classroom? I suppose you also dont allow gay people in your school..... or obese people or any other minorities....   Just in case everyone in the school wears a Niqab turns Gay gets obese....

 

Fuck You!

by icarrion on 03/16/2010 08:18:15 AM EST

She obviously could not meet the requirements of the class. That is her fault, period. It does not matter if the reason was religious,or anything else. If she believes that a man cannot see her lips or hear her talk, fine that is her choice. But, she must then find a way to get an education within those paramaters. If there was a class that only allowed men, you would be swearing and name calling anyone who advocated that. What a non-thinking, one sided hypocrite you are.

by finerbiner on 03/16/2010 11:53:29 AM EST

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You are suggesting that she is not entitled to an education based on her religious beliefs, and in so doing you are exactly the same as the Taliban who would prevent her from an education based on her religious beliefs.

 

(this is the reason we are slaughtering Taliban every day right?)

 

But you go one step further, If she relinquishes her beliefs and her Niqab, then you will agree to allow her an education. Nice... 

by icarrion on 03/16/2010 12:09:39 PM EST

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the facts or are you just willfully ignoring what is written. Of course she has a right to education. the same as everyone else. What she does not have the right to do is disrupt the class to the point where every other student is negatively affected by her actions. Turn the tables on your nonsense stance. Would it be OK if I stated that my"religion" required that I only be taught by naked women with a bustline of 40+. Don't tell me I'm ridiculous because every religion is ridiculous to people who don't believe its tenants. Of course the school would just say OK we have to hire a large breasted teacher for this student. Right? Why didn't I think of this when I was in HS. Let me state again because I know you are having trouble, she has a right to an education. What she does not have the right to do is hinder every other student from having the same opportunity. She needs to find an all woman's school. Don't tell me this restricts her, she restricts herself. She has every right to her religious beliefs. She does not have the right to have there be NO consequence from her beliefs.

Lastly, what happened to you to make you so over the top nasty. Get some therapy.

by finerbiner on 03/16/2010 01:46:05 PM EST

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I think it is the schools responsibility to provide an education to their students regardless of their Faith.

 

What you are suggesting may seem like the logical thing in the short term, but there will be many other women in her position who are potentially being refused an education by this decision.

 

You don't win by forcing her to remove her Niqab, you win by educating her. That should be the priority.

 

These kinds of rejectionist policies are gathering all sorts of "righteous argument" to support them but they boil down to the same thing, intolerance.

 

I have seen far too many cold blooded attacks on Muslim clothing throughout Europe over the last few years to believe that this case is "Genuine". What is far more likely is that it is another opportunistic attempt to undermine the faith of these people by forcing them to abandon their religious convictions.

by icarrion on 03/16/2010 02:53:54 PM EST

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according to the first blog entry that enrolled in a school with males and then decided no males can hear her voice. I could sit here all day and dream up scenarios less outrageous that no school would put up with. Where does it end? She needs to take her classes on line. Class rooms are all about interaction. She refuses to interact. She is wrong not everyone else. If it was as simple as "can she cover her head" most on this forum would be on her side. You trying to make it that when it is clearly much more is repugnant.

by finerbiner on 03/16/2010 03:50:44 PM EST

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