Posted on 11/11/2014 7:04:49 PM PST by marshmallow
Former Archbishop of Canterbury says panic about the niqab is 'largely misplaced' even if young children cannot see their teachers face
There is no need to panic about Muslim primary school teachers wearing the full-face veil in class, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Williams, has insisted.
He said concerns that young children would struggle to learn from a woman whose face was covered were largely misplaced and that there are other ways to "read what people are saying.
The former Archbishops remarks, in an interview for the Christian think-tank Theos, reopen the debate about the place of the niqab in British public life.
It follows a political storm last year after the then Home Office minster Jeremy Browne called for a national discussion about restrictions in some settings such as schools to prevent young women from having the veil imposed on them.
David Cameron rejected the idea of a ban but said he would back up schools and courts that ask women to remove veils.
Lord Williamss previous forays into the issue of Islam led to one of the biggest crises of his time at Lambeth Palace, when he said in 2008 that it seemed unavoidable that aspects of Sharia law would be adopted in the UK. He was speaking about the growth of arbitration tribunals which already operate on Sharia principles.
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Get Rid Of Islam Now.
“Will no one rid us of this turbulent priest?” King Henry
While we are at it, force those old hens on The View to wear one too!
You reap what you sow.
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