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Thing is, there is 'free society' which is ok - on the streets, and such. But at colleges, universitys, places of work and such there is such a thing I believe should be upheld - proffessional presentation. Like Aladdin said, I dont think its entirely proffessional to be dressed up in religious attire in a proffessional environment.
Otherwise, whats to stop people doing things completely unnacceptable and saying its because of their religion, and expecting special allowances for it. By benchmarking and saying what is acceptable and what is not - it is acceptable to wear religious attire, it is not acceptable to conceal your face - I think they have a practical solution to where you draw the line.
In court, where you have to dress a certain way, what would a muslim barristar do? Of course religion is important to someone, even the most important thing to them, but to think 'this is my religion and I will follow it no matter what' is in a way, selfish, as it goes without consideration to other people. In this instance, a student covering their face would cause undue disruption because for security they would need to be stopped, be taken aside, prove their identity and go on.
I remember when if your employer / university / school said "This is the dress code" people would not whinge and just do it. There is a perfect justification for making sure people show their faces. I think the security argument might be overrated, but in my eyes, its just good manners. I always take my helmet off when I go indoors, as its rude to wear a facial / head covering indoors. IIRC, temples of many faiths require you to take your shoes off before entering. What if someone entering had a different belief that they couldnt take their shoes off. It just gets ludicrous.
When in Rome, one must do as the Romans, or something.
Exactly. You've got to draw a line somewhere or people will use it as an excuse to get anything.
i don't think its wrong because i've read into all of the reasons etc and understand completely why they do it, but in a country that isn't Islamic, they will also have to realise that there are some things that they cannot argue with..
personally, if i was wearing it and couldn't go imperial because of that, i would choose a different uni.. because as far as i'm concerned, i would need to respect their rules. although i wouldn't take it off just to go there..
This issue has been brought to many Student Union over the country by a group called "stopislamophobia.org". They put together a proposal and presented it to union councils it was badly written, misquoted ministers, and accused MI5 of demanding a list of members from another union Islamic Society - which was actually rebutted by our own Islamic Society President who knew the president of the said society and it was utter rubbish.
The proposal demanded that the result be posted on the website and the union mandated to follow it at NUS conference. Thankfully it got throughly defeated although some Unions have passed it including Westminster.