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In
the light of the French Government's move to ban the wearing of
religious icons, the panel - muslim Zafar Khan from Luton, Sikh
Saroop Singh Seerha from High Wycombe and Christian Mike Leverton
from Stevenage - had their say.
Mr
Khan said that, for muslims, the clothes a woman wears are more
a symbol of the modesty she should have rather than a specific religious
symbol. As
girls reach puberty, the need to perserve modesty becomes more important
and many will chose to wear the hijab.
Mr
Seerha said that any banning of religious symbolic clothing would
be incompatible with the Sikh religion as their faith requires them
to keep their uncut hair under a turban.
Mr
Leverton said he understood the French government's desire to move
towards a more secualr society where people uphold their nationality
before their faith.
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to the full Faith Alive debate
| Hannah,
Yorkshire |
Monday,
04-Apr-2005 12:55:02 BST |
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| Although
I can see the reasoning behind the religious symbol ban in France,
I feel it shouldn't be necessary. People should be able to treat
everyone equally and with respectand respect for the other's
freedom of expression including their religous and cultural
symbols, practices and other manifestations. |
| gordon
jackson, london colney |
Friday,
06-Feb-2004 23:42:56 GMT |
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| This
is a load of nonsense. People should have the right to wear
what they want. It reminds me of my school saying you had to
have your hair cut in a particular way. This is about control,
we have to live together with our differences, school should
be no different. A consequence of which we could get specific
religious school. |
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