Qhris said "The French argument is that the covering stops identification, and threatens security.
Sadly, some extremist MEN will wear the Burqa, to try to evade security and commit terrorist acts, so the French say. They feel justified by protecting the majority, not the minority."
Which is unfortunately justified. It's the actions of a minority extremists that brought about this restriction and it is up to the moderates to band together and weed out those extremists. And it's not just in one religion.
Instead of criticisng the new rule, we should look at the bigger picture and acknowledge the root cause and deal with the problem at its roots.
Same thing for rules in Qatar as well. It used to be more liberal and accomodating but it was misused by a number of earlier expats and now, the rest have to suffer greater restrictions - why? The govt has to tighten its rules and enforcement to protect its people - rightly so.
Having said that, of course, the enforcement bit is still a fair bit off but at least they are doing something about improving things. And change for progress is painful and not without mistakes.
Qhris said "The French argument is that the covering stops identification, and threatens security.
Sadly, some extremist MEN will wear the Burqa, to try to evade security and commit terrorist acts, so the French say. They feel justified by protecting the majority, not the minority."
Which is unfortunately justified. It's the actions of a minority extremists that brought about this restriction and it is up to the moderates to band together and weed out those extremists. And it's not just in one religion.
Instead of criticisng the new rule, we should look at the bigger picture and acknowledge the root cause and deal with the problem at its roots.
Same thing for rules in Qatar as well. It used to be more liberal and accomodating but it was misused by a number of earlier expats and now, the rest have to suffer greater restrictions - why? The govt has to tighten its rules and enforcement to protect its people - rightly so.
Having said that, of course, the enforcement bit is still a fair bit off but at least they are doing something about improving things. And change for progress is painful and not without mistakes.