Joining a number of European states, the Norwegian government plans to ban female Muslim students from wearing the Islamic headscarf, or Hijab, in Oslo’s public schools, All Headline News reported.
Lawyers of the Norwegian ministry of Education told Oslo’s city council that the Hijab ban wouldn’t be illegal under the country’s laws.
According to Reuters, Oslo wants to ban female Muslim teachers from wearing the Burqa or Niqab, which covers the whole body and the face, claiming that teachers cannot do their job properly without seeing their students.
"We will introduce a ban after the summer holidays at the end of August,” said Toerger Odegaard, the head of the city’s education department.
The news sparked Muslim anger in Norway, where many Muslims of Pakistani and Somali origin live, mainly in Oslo.
Muslim leaders argue that the Hijab ban violates women’s rights and restricts their personal freedoms.
"We have been having a discussion about whether you should wear the Niqab or not, but making laws which ban it is just going too far," said Fakhra Salimi, the head of MiRA a partly state-sponsored group that helps female immigrants in Norway.
She added that women over the age of 16 should be free to decide whether to wear the Niqab or not.
The Hijab is meant to protect Muslim women from the eyes of men outside her family. It has been the subject of heated debate in several European countries for more than a decade.
In 2004, a Hijab ban was enforced on all female Muslim teachers and students in all state schools in France, where Muslims make up about 8% of the population.
In Germany, home to about 5 million Muslims, eight states banned public school teachers from wearing the Islamic headscarf. And in the capital, Berlin, all civil servants are banned from wearing the Hijab.
Last December, the Dutch parliament voted to ban Burqas, which are already banned in the Belgian town of Maaseik.
I actually don't care.But if these uh ,Europeans come to my country and tell our women to do this ,I will simply call the RAB and send them to them to the next domension. :giggle:
If you can't practice your religion, then you should migrate from there, look at RasoolAllah(SAW) and the Muhaajireen(RA), they left everything behind....Atleast you have a chance to take all your belongings with you
These bans are typically on all religious symbolism, not just targeting muslims. People are always free to emmigrate to a country that allows them thier symbols.
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AsalamuAlaykum, so sad...
sista's shud gang up on em ppl dat banning it..am sho ders enuff of us...
knife?? that might be understandable cross- how hard is it to tuck it under ones jumper? its all wrong but you know what the focus is mainly on muslim women.
No one is effected by it as much as the muslim females, because hijab isnt just a symbol like the cross, is the cross even compolsury? the hijab is compulsory, so its different. Also, i think it effects jewish men too apparently they have to cover their heads and thats why they wear skull caps.
Why did you even ask me that question, i didnt say anything in my post indicating that religious symbols should be banned (note: hijab is not meant to be a symbol)
knife?? that might be understandable cross- how hard is it to tuck it under ones jumper? its all wrong but you know what the focus is mainly on muslim women.
No one is effected by it as much as the muslim females, because hijab isnt just a symbol like the cross, is the cross even compolsury? the hijab is compulsory, so its different. Also, i think it effects jewish men too apparently they have to cover their heads and thats why they wear skull caps.
Why did you even ask me that question, i didnt say anything in my post indicating that religious symbols should be banned (note: hijab is not meant to be a symbol)
but you know what the focus is mainly on muslim women.
False. The intent of the law is separation of ALL religion from state.
knife?? that might be understandable
Really? Why not ask a devout sikh that goes nowhere without his kirpan, and feels it his religious obligation by his faith to carry it?
Why did you even ask me that question, i didnt say anything in my post indicating that religious symbols should be banned
The point is, the law intends to cover all things/dress that identify with a religion(in some of the countries). Why do you want to feel that muslims are the only victims? Ask the sikh men that are asked to remove thier turbans. Some muslims have this chronic habit of identifying 'muslims' as the only victims in situations. A law is made to target 'only muslims'. It is 'an attack on islam'. Most times you will find that many others are affected as well. In most situations where the hijab has been banned, so has the sikh turban, christian cross and all other religious items.
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Sonz's fav site is the Christain Science Monitorthat was funny! Really?
cross- how hard is it to tuck it under ones jumper? its all wrong but you know what the focus is mainly on muslim women.
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