There's been several developments in Canada and France on this issue so I'd thought we'd discuss it here. (and hopefully not get the thread locked?)
Several beaches and areas in France have recently banned the 'burkini' which is basically a more relaxed fitting wetsuit Muslim women wore on the beaches there.
There's been a lot of back and forth discussions for and against it. By banning it, aren't we still dictating what women can/can't wear? Some people say yes but it's good because we're banning a bad religious practice. Others say it's no different than Saudi Arabia's rules on the hijab.
Burkini ban: Why is France arresting Muslim women for wearing full-body swimwear and why are people so angry?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7207971.html
Burkini
Wetsuit
And now I saw this story on CBC today:
RCMP allows Muslim women Mounties to wear hijab
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp...ijab-1.3733829
Quote:
The Mounties have adopted a new uniform policy to allow female Muslim officers to wear the hijab.
Scott Bardsley, spokesman for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, confirmed that RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson recently approved an addition to the uniform policy to allow women officers to wear the head scarf "if they so choose."
"The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is a progressive and inclusive police service that values and respects persons of all cultural and religious backgrounds," Bardsley said in an email.
Male members of the Sikh faith have been able to wear the turban as part of the RCMP uniform since the early 1990s, he noted.
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Canada and France seem to be in direct contrast with each other regarding this matter (albeit one is on the job versus on the beach).
Obviously French culture is different and the terrible tragedies that have occurred there has to be taken into account. But are they still in the right on this case?