So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

After France's Banning the Burqa

By Khoirul Anam


After France banning the burqa, public opinion is divided on the rest of Europe as to whether it was right or not and if other countries have to follow suit. What follows is a precis of comments for and against gathered from around the internet.

Certain say that when into Rome, do what the Romans do. European lady cannot walk down the road towards Saudi Arabia or Kuwait in heels, shorts and a tank top. It would be considered wrong according to the laws and customs of that country. As a subject of fact, a European lady would have too much respect for the Islamic country's rules to flout them towards that way. Similarly, when a lady who into the girl's own country would wear a burqa comes to the Western world, it is just right for the girl to observe the culture of the country she is on and not wear the burqa.

Then there are those that bring up the example of nuns into Western world. Surely if nuns wear a long apparel and cover their hair, then Muslim girl have to be able to do the same? But, it is pointed out that the debate is not concerning the long outfit and hair covering. It is concerning covering the face. It is this covering of the face that upsets people while in the West.

However ,, others point out that banning the burqa is not a phenomenon unique to the West. Syria, an Islamic Eastern country, has already banned the burqa into schools and universities.

Then there's the security aspect. Quite a few cite how easy it is for a man to hide inside a burqa and commit crimes. And regardles of whether male or women, a person can easily hide a bomb inside a burqa. A criminal may easily hide their face inside the veil. Parallels are drawn with putting on a crash helmet or balaclava when going to the bank. It's not allowed simply because it poses a serious threat to security. And yet this is not against the crash helmet or balaclava wearer's human rights, for this reason surely it have to not be against the burqa wearer's human rights not to wear one. And stories abound how a woman passed the driving test for several others who could not drive for that reason well by wearing a burqa.

Others point out that allowing the burqa makes Europe just like a dangerous third world, the very spot the burqa wearing woman have left towards search for for a better life.

No doubt this will continue to be a hotly-debated issue for some time. Should the rest of Western world let the burqa? This is certainly a delicate political matter!




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