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WTF is going on in my country where people think tearing a hijab off a Muslim girl's head even remotely comparable to tearing the skirt off a Catholic girl?
People are looking at things rationally?
Teacher's absolutely should not be physically removing skirts, caps, hijabs, anything from students.
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Originally Posted by skepticratic
No one thinks religious freedom works like that. When a law or some sort of rule is made that contradicts a religious belief, the secular law ALWAYS comes first. Many religious texts say there are times when killing religious minorities is acceptable, but US law does not recognize it.
Exceptions can be made per law. Dress codes, for example, may be amended because ultimately, no one is hurt if your religion asks you to wear a headscarf or a turban or whatever. It's law by law (or rule by rule). This is why we have courts after all; to decide what is most appropriate.
Which is my point.
If exceptions can be made, then the law/rule is probably not really necessary.
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Originally Posted by NLVgal
No it's not the same as those two things at all. Wildly inappropriate, but not the same as stripping a person. It's just a symbolic garment, like the yarmulke or priests collar. It doesn't cover genitalia.
So what?
How about ripping off a Catholic school girl's blouse? That doesn't cover genitalia.
How about a atheist's shirt? That doesn't cover genitalia.
Rasputin was the primary cause of the fall of the Russian empire, opening up the possibility of a communist take over.
Do you know what that has to do with your post? Only one thing; both have literally nothing to do with the topic at hand. The difference though is that mine isn't an attempt to slide "she deserved it" into the conversation in a way that shows no class or decency.
The girl was mistreated. Period. If you think it's different because she's a Muslim, you're an actual racist.
NYC has rules for rules. Add media spin to a situation which in this situation includes a Muslim and a Hijab and the story takes off in the direction of the Hijab instead of the other item which was the physical assault of the child by a Nigerian "Per Diem Teacher" who'd only been in the system for five months. Since this position requires yearly renewal it was treated as a contractor position and thus the person was terminated for whatever cause the DOE saw fit.
Christians have Good Friday and Christmas off. Jews have Yom Kippur and Rosh Shanna off and Muslims have Eid and another holiday off. Fair enough.
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