Jack Straw has raised the issue of Muslim women and veils.
This is pretty brave. Firstly he has a high muslim vote in his consituency and it could cost him his seat and secondly its not poltically correct.
it is odd that you may be asked to remove a hoody, a crash helmut or a cap obscuring your face but not a veil. The Sun (yes i'm sorry) sent one of its Muslim reporters in a veil with an incorrect passport to an airport and she got to France! No one checked ! So if you want to stick a bomb some where don a veil.
I'm not saying that women who want to wear veils should be stopped from doing so but that there are times when your own individual freedoms are outweighed by the common good.
I do understand that there may be religious reasons for wearing a veil but why is it that when travelling us Brits have to be sensitive to the local cultures. But anyone coming here? We have to be sensitive....
All credit to Jack Straw for raising the issue ! Pity it'll do him no good.
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