She is not refusing to do the exercises, she is asking to do them in a way that respects her beliefs.
"- A Hassidic Jew demanded to a female police officer who just pulled him over, that he would not speak to a police officer unless he was a male. The police officer was requested by her superior to obbey to this demand.
- A young Sikh demanded to bring is Kirpah (A ceremonial knife) into classrooms. Court ruled the school had to let him bring his knife into class while other kids with skulls on their shirt were being kicked out
- A jew community demanded the windows facing the street of the local YWCA to be tinted so they wouldn't see women training while walking in the streets. Government accepted and paid for it. The list goes on and on, I think there are 5 or 6 other cases like these ones."
YES!! But the "Muslim" woman is NOT allowed to wear her Niqab.
"Would you also be in favour to train some extrem Christians to become doctors, even though they are against blood transfusions or medicine?
Hey, why shouldn't they become doctors? Not prescribing medication is just a lifestyle they chose, right?"
What relevance does this have at all... She wants to learn French... shes not going to open a suicide bomber medical center.
Instead of breeding intolerance and racial injustice try accepting the woman and the benefits she can bring to people in your community who agree with her principles.
At the end of the day this is just another swipe at the Muslim faith which are becoming all too common in the news around the world today. You can smear it with any number of "she's the one being intolerant" arguments, but Most civilized countries these days have sworn to respect the religious beliefs of all religions, and making exceptions when it comes to Muslims is simple racism and bigotry
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icarrion on
03/16/2010 11:18:06 AM EST