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Friday, October 27, 2006
Friday, October 06, 2006
Culture clash
Today the news in the uk is dominated by a story of government Cabinet Minister Jack Straw saying he would prefer Muslim women not to wear veils which cover the face. He believes that covering people's faces could make community relations more difficult and I think he’s got a good point. Like most things in the Muslim religion, well at least the parts of it I’ve been exposed to, it’s very difficult to even discuss this openly. But I'm surprised that no comparison has been seen with the above and the banning of what are called "hoodies" in some UK shopping centres. Because the faces of people wearing hooded coats can not be seen either. Someone's rights here are being opressed but I'm not sure who. Ok, I'm expressing a sever lack of understand, I agree, but the minister does have a point.
If you face someone they have a right to know who they are addressing. Personally I hate talking to people just wearing sunglasses. I sort think it shows a lack of respect somehow. I wonder how far these hardline Muslin woman take this thing? I mean if they object to showing their face to someone they have gone to for help (MP) would they be the same with a doctor ? or even a judge ? Personally I think some religions have not kept pace with the times we live in. A lot need updating as nothing stays the same and that's true about this as anything else.
We all should relax a bit but to me, being surrounded by Muslims is very much like being around a wife who just found out you forgot her birthday. It’s very much "a walking on eggshells" day every day in the UK. I suspect other non-Muslim countries with large Muslim populations are the same. Should we try going to Iran and demanding the same culture as in the UK? I suspect not. In fact, even as I write I half expect a torrent of abuse from angry people whose sole aim in life seems to be to segregate themselves from every non-Muslim person.
As I see it every religion in the world first should question itself and open it’s arms to debate. Ok, that also gives them the chance to try and convert but hay ! at least you can say “Your talking crap pal” to a Jahova's Witness without having your life threatened in return.
I spend most my redundant mind thinking about how I could fix the world. That’s so easy when you don’t have that job but to be honest I don’t see any answer to this. One is a run-away train and the other is an hillside before the tunnel was cut though. We non-Muslims are going to continue to question and expand our understanding of the world we live in but Muslims are just going to get more and more angry at us when we tread over their self-imposed thresholds, the boarders they put up in the face of those seeking to question their religion.
I’m not saying they don’t have the right to practice as they wish but others have rights to. The main right for most non-Muslim countries is, if vague, right to free speech and fair comment. The minister was only expressing his own opinion.
All have a right to maintain our own culture. Yes it’s amazing you don’t have to be black to have a culture, surprise!. I don’t see a solution in the UK where the indigenous population accept people will come and set-up mini-cultures while at the same time those mini-cultures don’t accept the law of a culture that has accepted them.
If you face someone they have a right to know who they are addressing. Personally I hate talking to people just wearing sunglasses. I sort think it shows a lack of respect somehow. I wonder how far these hardline Muslin woman take this thing? I mean if they object to showing their face to someone they have gone to for help (MP) would they be the same with a doctor ? or even a judge ? Personally I think some religions have not kept pace with the times we live in. A lot need updating as nothing stays the same and that's true about this as anything else.
We all should relax a bit but to me, being surrounded by Muslims is very much like being around a wife who just found out you forgot her birthday. It’s very much "a walking on eggshells" day every day in the UK. I suspect other non-Muslim countries with large Muslim populations are the same. Should we try going to Iran and demanding the same culture as in the UK? I suspect not. In fact, even as I write I half expect a torrent of abuse from angry people whose sole aim in life seems to be to segregate themselves from every non-Muslim person.
As I see it every religion in the world first should question itself and open it’s arms to debate. Ok, that also gives them the chance to try and convert but hay ! at least you can say “Your talking crap pal” to a Jahova's Witness without having your life threatened in return.
I spend most my redundant mind thinking about how I could fix the world. That’s so easy when you don’t have that job but to be honest I don’t see any answer to this. One is a run-away train and the other is an hillside before the tunnel was cut though. We non-Muslims are going to continue to question and expand our understanding of the world we live in but Muslims are just going to get more and more angry at us when we tread over their self-imposed thresholds, the boarders they put up in the face of those seeking to question their religion.
I’m not saying they don’t have the right to practice as they wish but others have rights to. The main right for most non-Muslim countries is, if vague, right to free speech and fair comment. The minister was only expressing his own opinion.
All have a right to maintain our own culture. Yes it’s amazing you don’t have to be black to have a culture, surprise!. I don’t see a solution in the UK where the indigenous population accept people will come and set-up mini-cultures while at the same time those mini-cultures don’t accept the law of a culture that has accepted them.
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