{"id":435,"date":"2013-09-16T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/the-niqab-debate-in-britain.html"},"modified":"2014-06-02T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T22:21:00","slug":"the-niqab-debate-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/the-niqab-debate-in-britain.html","title":{"rendered":"The Niqab Debate in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bxtRrB-ZgZY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The debate over the veil has become a big topic in Britain. First, a judge ordered a Muslim woman testifying in court to remove her head covering or niqab while testifying. Now, Home Office minister Jeremy Browne calls for debate on whether young Muslim girls, under 18, should be allowed to wear a full head covering in public places.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with the minister? \u00a0Read the story in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/sep\/16\/veil-biggest-issue-uk-niqab-debate\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Guardian here<\/a>\u00a0and this one from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/09\/17\/world\/europe\/britain-is-pulled-reluctantly-into-debate-over-wearing-full-face-veils-in-public.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tcVlwzBk5Hw\/Ujik5CQG5oI\/AAAAAAAADb4\/LItm4kclHgg\/s1600\/veils.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tcVlwzBk5Hw\/Ujik5CQG5oI\/AAAAAAAADb4\/LItm4kclHgg\/s400\/veils.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2013\/sep\/17\/full-face-veil-not-barbaric-debate-muslim-women\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Guardian has another interesting story<\/a>\u00a0in which the author argues that \u201cthe veil is a perfectly proper subject for debate in a liberal democracy \u2013 so long as Muslim women are not excluded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It might be interesting for religion students to compare how different countries deal with this issue.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The debate over the veil has become a big topic in Britain. 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