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Muslim clothing sensitivies are well known. France recently banned the wearing of the Burkha; now the Australian Government has made a decision to enforce a dress code for non-Muslims at a public swimming pool.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has banned people exposing their shoulders and thighs at an event at a public swimming pool in Dandenong, in Melbourne’s south-east.
The Dandenong City Council and the YMCA applied for the ban to be implemented during swimming lessons for Muslim women scheduled for next August.
Interestingly the vice-president of the Victorian Islamic council, Sherene Hassan, does not agree with these restrictions. She says, “I basically believe that individuals have the right to wear whatever they’d like to wear.”
Via the ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/16/3013198.htm
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about 1 year ago
“I basically believe that individuals have the right to wear whatever they’d like to wear,” – vice-president of the Victorian Islamic Council, Sherene Hassan said.
What about totally nude then, eh Sherine? Not so confident now in your sweeping assertion? I thought not, you flaming hypocritical god-addled nonce.
“I understand the organisers of this event have good intentions. They want to bring Muslims and non-Muslims, but my preference would be no dress code stipulated for non-Muslims.”
But that would be in direct & egregious violation of our religious discrimination laws now, wouldn’t it, Sherine????
“Victoria’s Equal Opportunities Commissioner says the ban must be put into perspective.”
I agree, 101%!
“Helen Szoke says the restrictions apply to a two-hour, after hours swimming session, targeted at multi-faith groups.”
These groups automatically steal my (and your) taxes to fund their misogynistic wife-beheading homophobic cult. Quote why we should cut them any further slack is beyond me.
“People are not obliged to attend, minimum standards of dress are very common…”
Hang on: You just claimed that they have the right wear whatever they ‘like’. And now you lamely claim that this”right” is limited to what YOU consider to be YOUR minimum standard? May the FSM help your wavering mentality.
“… and where minimum standards of dress are identified on occasions it’s often to allow people to participate,” she said.
What an exemplary example of the passive tense to deny agency!
Who, exactly, are those agents who set this minimum standard? When did they set it? What authority do they have to set these standards?
Lat us get back to your assertion:
“I basically believe that individuals have the right to wear whatever they’d like to wear,”
What exactly does your prefix “basically” hide?
I take it to mean:
“I would like to be seen as a liberal supporting freedom of action on behalf of women in particular, and people in general, to do what pleases them, but I am too scared to say so, as my Muslim Brothers will beat, rape & behead me if I even show an inkling of feminine independence.
So: I shall dissemble and lie until I become a traitor to my gender, and betray humanity in general because of my theistic mental infection”