"One should doubtless keep an open mind...though open at both ends, like the food pipe, and have a capacity for excretion as well as intake." -- Northrop Frye, 'The Great Code'
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Political correctness has important Christian issues being stifled while minor Muslim issues get undue attention
There's been lots of talk about religious freedom, but it's all about
one issue: the niqab and whether Muslim women can wear one during
citizenship ceremonies.
Hiding your face by wearing a niqab is not in the least about religion or religious freedom. It is giving the finger to your host country and a political statement that demonstrates this person is not eligible for Canadian citizenship. There is nothing in Islam that requires a niqab. It is an Arab cultural thing demonstrating that women are the property of men, or of a man and no other man may see his property. It is an expression of the oppression of women and in Western countries it is a political statement. I am sick and tired of the lie that it about religious freedom. In Canada people do not, or at least should not, have the right to hide their face behind a mask in public.
Hiding your face by wearing a niqab is not in the least about religion or religious freedom. It is giving the finger to your host country and a political statement that demonstrates this person is not eligible for Canadian citizenship. There is nothing in Islam that requires a niqab. It is an Arab cultural thing demonstrating that women are the property of men, or of a man and no other man may see his property. It is an expression of the oppression of women and in Western countries it is a political statement. I am sick and tired of the lie that it about religious freedom. In Canada people do not, or at least should not, have the right to hide their face behind a mask in public.
ReplyDeleteI agree Alain. The niqab should be banned, period - not just at citizenship swearing in ceremonies. We should follow France's lead.
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