This is a milestone in the quest to divest Muslim women of their Medieval mindsets and have them take their first baby-steps into the adult world of secular Modern Western Civilisation.

It's simply a case of encouraging them to grow up and stop posing as pious little bitches with their "Look at me! Look at me!" morally pretentious head-dresses.

Ultimately it's for their own good.

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The only catch is that the ban must be based on a general company rule that prohibits visible political or religious symbols in the workplace, not as a prejudice against a certain religious group.

Or in other words, nothing new.

Or maybe let them wear their hijab if that is all they wear and they are branded with a number on their backs and fronts for positive identification ?

polite_gandalf wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2016 at 3:14pm:

Quote: The only catch is that the ban must be based on a general company rule that prohibits visible political or religious symbols in the workplace, not as a prejudice against a certain religious group. Or in other words, nothing new.

So you're finally ahead of me on something. You're making progress.

You must have read the UK's Daily Mail before I did this morning ...

Huh? Karnal? Was that you sneezing in the background there? No?

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2016 at 3:14pm:

Or maybe let them wear their hijab if that is all they wear and they are branded with a number on their backs and fronts for positive identification ?

To be honest, Sprint, one of my all-time very best friends was a devout Muslim and a part-Negro part Arab ... and I told him that nuns wear hijabs because they are 'married to Christ' and do not sleep with mortal men for 'pleasures of the flesh'.

When Muslim women forgo the 'pleasures of the flesh' - then by all means wear a hijab with my blessings.

But until then, it's nothing but vanity and false modesty for them to adorn themselves in the fashion of celibate nuns.

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The cause of promoting Islam through the wearing of the hijab has suffered a serious setback if this ends up as law.

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I must say I feel a little sorry for the Sikhs with their turbans, but then again, it's my house to a London brick that no employer will refuse a Sikh employment because of his turban. There's also those red dots on the forehead some of those Gunga Dins wear. That might prove a problem in certain occupations.


 

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2016 at 3:14pm:

Or maybe let them wear their hijab if that is all they wear and they are branded with a number on their backs and fronts for positive identification ?

Brand them.

Karnal wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2016 at 3:40pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 3rd, 2016 at 3:14pm: Or maybe let them wear their hijab if that is all they wear and they are branded with a number on their backs and fronts for positive identification ? Brand them.

I thought it was you sneezing in the background there.

"Gesundheit!" - no?

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I must say I feel a little sorry for the Sikhs with their turbans, but then again, it's my house to a London brick than no employer will refuse a Sikh employment because of his turban. There's also those red dots on the forehead some of those Gunga Dins wear. That might prove a problem in certain occupations.

In the last several months, I've had at least four Sikh drivers (well, one is a regular driver, but if he can't drive, he'll get one of his Singh mates to cover his shift.)  Not one of them wear a turban, or have long hair.

As for the bindi, it is ceremonial, and not a daily necessity.

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Aussie wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2016 at 3:44pm:

Quote: I must say I feel a little sorry for the Sikhs with their turbans, but then again, it's my house to a London brick than no employer will refuse a Sikh employment because of his turban. There's also those red dots on the forehead some of those Gunga Dins wear. That might prove a problem in certain occupations. In the last several months, I've had at least four Sikh drivers (well, one is a regular driver, but if he can't drive, he'll get one of his Singh mates to cover his shift.)  Not one of them wear a turban, or have long hair.

Interesting. That genuinely surprises me. I would never refuse one of those guys a job. They were okay under the British Occupation, and I don't begrudge them their turbans and beards in the UK and here.

Some idiots up the NSW coast who ran an RSL club refused them admission because 'hats' are not allowed in the club ... yes, "Believe it or Not!"

;D ;D ;D

These people have stood alongside the British in India, Hong Kong, North China - just about everywhere, and to now start whinging about their turbans and beards is a case of ignoring the history of our two peoples.

Yes, some of them rallied to the Japs during WWII, but all-in-all who could blame them while the Brits were still ruling their homeland?

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greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2016 at 4:13pm:

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Huh? 'Removed'?  :-/

Nice moderation.

Have you considered being a global mod gandalf?

Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2016 at 3:43pm:

Karnal wrote on Jun 3rd, 2016 at 3:40pm: Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 3rd, 2016 at 3:14pm: Or maybe let them wear their hijab if that is all they wear and they are branded with a number on their backs and fronts for positive identification ? Brand them. I thought it was you sneezing in the background there. "Gesundheit!" - no?

Danke.

This could have implications for prayer breaks at work.

freediver wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2016 at 5:50pm:

This could have implications for prayer breaks at work.

What would they be?

Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2016 at 4:16pm:

Aussie wrote on Jun 3rd, 2016 at 3:44pm: Quote: I must say I feel a little sorry for the Sikhs with their turbans, but then again, it's my house to a London brick than no employer will refuse a Sikh employment because of his turban. There's also those red dots on the forehead some of those Gunga Dins wear. That might prove a problem in certain occupations. In the last several months, I've had at least four Sikh drivers (well, one is a regular driver, but if he can't drive, he'll get one of his Singh mates to cover his shift.)  Not one of them wear a turban, or have long hair. Interesting. That genuinely surprises me. I would never refuse one of those guys a job. They were okay under the British Occupation, and I don't begrudge them their turbans and beards in the UK and here. Some idiots up the NSW coast who ran an RSL club refused them admission because 'hats' are not allowed in the club ... yes, "Believe it or Not!" ;D ;D ;D These people have stood alongside the British in India, Hong Kong, North China - just about everywhere, and to now start whinging about their turbans and beards is a case of ignoring the history of our two peoples. Yes, some of them rallied to the Japs during WWII, but all-in-all who could blame them while the Brits were still ruling their homeland?

A Sikh's headgear has nothing in common with the hijab.

The hijab is just burqa, lite.

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