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It seems they're pretty serious about carpool chic over there in the Netherlands and Burkas simply don't cut it. Well, actually, it's not so much about fashion as it is security and being able to communicate. According to Ronald Plasterk, the Dutch education minister, "it is important for children to learn that proper communication requires being able to look the other person in the eye."The ban on burkas will apply to all schools, including private, Muslim schools. Parents, teachers, and even people making deliveries will not be allowed to wear the dress which covers the woman's entire face, except for a narrow opening to see through. This will make it difficult for Muslim mothers to collect their children after schoo, I'm sure.
Personally, I don't really care what anyone else wears or why, but I do think it would make me feel better, were I a teacher, to be able to tell exactly who was picking up the kids in my class.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
9-10-2008 @ 7:16PM
Jenni said...I can understand both sides, but like you said, it's be nice to see who is actually picking up the child. Sending a child home with the wrong person would be so easy if they were allowed to wear burkas.
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9-11-2008 @ 10:50AM
stephanie from Toronto said...I think your article is a little misleading in that the woman pictured is not wearing a burka. It is a Hajib and one can clearly see her eyes and who she is. A true Burka covers the eyes and has small mesh holes for the woman to see through. I agree that a person picking up a child must be identifiable and therefore true burkas wouldn't work.
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9-11-2008 @ 1:13PM
Paul Cyopick said...Why not set up a series of questions for the burka wearing person. They need to answer them correctly in order to pick up the child. It might be a slight inconvenience, but I'm sure the person wearing the burka would understand the need for proper identification for the safety of the child.
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10-13-2008 @ 5:04PM
Ismat said...I agree with Paul. Actually they are mistaking Burqa for Niqaab. A woman wearing niqaab can be easily identified, she can show her face to another woman. Questions that only the person who is to be picking the child up would the answer to would also work. Keep in mind children have been picked up before by strangers posing as parents, with their faces uncovered, so I fail to see how wearing a niqaab can be a real issue. In actuality, in countries where all the women wear niqaab, the children can accurately pick out their mothers with no trouble without seeing their faces from significant distances. Notice that this ban even affects private Muslim schools and even people making deliveries, so, even a mother dropping of her children would not be allowed to drop off her children at school? Security concerns? Sounds to me more like religious discrimination. What will be next? Perhaps a French style hijab ban?
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