Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Muslima Judges In Denmark

(With a hat-tip to MK's Views)

According to this May 19, 2008 article in the BBC News:
Danish diplomats to Muslim countries are preparing themselves for another wave of anti-Danish protests after the government announced it would bar judges from wearing headscarves and similar religious or political symbols in courtrooms.

Although the ban will include crucifixes, Jewish skull caps and turbans as well as headscarves, the move is seen as being largely aimed at Muslim judges.

[...]

Sabba Mirza, a 25-year-old female Muslim and law student, told a Danish newspaper that wearing her scarf was a personal choice.

"My headscarf is part of the lifestyle I have chosen," she said.

"If that prevents me from getting a job in Denmark, I'll have to move..."
Okay, then. Move. But where? The rest of that quotation from Sabba Mirza reads as follows:
"[T]o a country where people are more enlightened and can see past the scarf"

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