tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post6853678250190181732..comments2023-07-21T09:17:17.142-07:00Comments on Test 25636: Tories: Now it's our turn with the dog whistlePaul Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-11118640376076029352006-10-15T08:13:00.000-07:002006-10-15T08:13:00.000-07:00Agree completely with all you say Chris. The last ...Agree completely with all you say Chris. The last point is particularly good. I have worked alongside a Mulsim colleague for the last two years. It was 18 months before I realised she was Muslim (when she made a reamrk about missing lunch during Ramadan). It is heard to lump this colleague in with a vast "community".Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-43449396544632891482006-10-15T06:48:00.000-07:002006-10-15T06:48:00.000-07:00Paul,It seems like this is an issue that isn't...Paul,<br><br>It seems like this is an issue that isn't going to go away.... judging by what you've put in recent posts I think we have <i>some</i> common ground:<br><br>a) There are certain circumstances where you shouldn't be able to insist on displaying your religious symbols and the law shouldn't be able to help you.<br><br>b) the law shouldn't intervene in other cases (personally I don't want to see the veil on the streets of Britain - or of Saudi Arabia for that matter - but that's only my strongly-held <i>opinion</i>)and dress codes shouldn't be enforced by law.<br><br>As for 'excessive criticism' of the Muslim community, I'd like to sidestep the issue and say - what community? We should stop using the word 'community' with an ethnic or religious adjective in front of it, and use it to mean ' a group of people living in one place'. That may be a tiny step towards removing divisions...Chris Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380208481112766609noreply@blogger.com