Syria Bans Face Veil, British Minister and American Feminists Defend the Burqa
July 20, 2010, 3:46 pm |
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by Phyllis Chesler
Syria — yes, Syria — Bashar Asad’s Syria — has just banned full face veils in their universities.
According to Syria’s minister of higher education, “All female students wearing the full face veil will be barred from Syrian university campuses … the niqab contradicts university ethics and compromises the government’s secular identity.”
Amazingly, the Minister confirmed that “hundreds of primary school teachers who were wearing the niqab at government-run schools were transferred last month to administrative jobs.” … Continue reading…
© 2010 Phyllis Chesler. This article was originally posted on NewsRealBlog.
Related: Arab/Muslim World, Dictator Watch, Islam, Society, Syria
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:26 pm
We need to respect country’s security, instead of blindly believing in religion. Its bad to see imposing rules to peoples, instead of getting onto a mutual understanding.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:01 am
We need to understanding feelings of all religion and their beliefs, but country’s security is must . So rules should be flexible .
July 26th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Is that possible when, “…a direct correlation exists between radical Islam and burqas — that is, wherever there is an increase of the former, there follows an increase of the latter, which is seen as a physical manifestation of radicalism?”