Are Niqab & Burka Barriers To Effective Communication & Establishing Trust & Rapport - Like In Testifying In Law Courts, Working In Professions That Require Interaction With People?

[willbewhatiwill]

Wearing insignias of one's religion like hijab, turban, bangle or crucifix should not be allowed if it is for reasons of security, health & safety or effectiveness at work (e.g. broadcaster wearing Niqab) especially in the fields employment, security, health & safety.

Employers or organisations (like TV companies, healthcare, teaching, banks, cinemas) should be able to ban Niqab & Burka, or other religious symbols for various reasons, without having to face racial discrimination court action.

However, Niqab & Burka hood, mask, helmet can hide the identity of a person, hence they should not be worn for photos required in passports, driving licence, travel & ID cards, etc, as well as for health & safety reasons.

Body searches may be even more necessary & intense for those wearing long robes & veils. Niqab & Burka can give rise to the lack of body language, as well as not demonstrating trust and openness/transparency. Niqab & Burka can be a barrier to effective communication & establishing trust & rapport - like in testifying in Law Courts, working in professions that require interaction with people (like healthcare, teaching, customer service, hospitality, counsellor, etc)

It should be possible for Niqab & Burka to be banned for various specified public gatherings (like buses). Women wearing veils can be a barrier to integration into British secular way of life, where religion is kept as a private affair without affecting the lives or well-being of society.

The differences between Muslim full head covering of Niqab & Burka, to partial head covering of Hijab, Chador, Al-Amira, Shayla, Khimar are illustrated in http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/24118241

[willbewhatiwill]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/9848469/Saudi-Arabian-cleric-declares-babies-should-wear-burkas.html reports, "Sheikh Abdullah Daoud said all female newborns should wear a full face veil in an interview with an Islamic television station. He told al-Majd TV that wearing a burka would stop incidents of sexual attacks on babies, and tried to support his claim by quoting unnamed medical and security sources".

[Baldric]

I just cannot be bothered with such a convoluted question tbh.

[pixie374]

They are definitely barriers- that is the point of them. I hope the comment about babies was just a sick joke.

[jackthehat]

If you use the 'Search facility' on here, you'll find many associated questions and answers on the themes about which you are posting....

[nailit]

//I just cannot be bothered with such a convoluted question tbh//

Then why post on it?

[Mamyalynne]

I'm not a huge fan of banning, as I have said on many occasions here.

It's not an easy question to answer on a wide scale.

Is this from your 2012 Petition?

[-Talbot-]

I just cannot be bothered with such a convoluted question tbh.

Yes a bit of a Barrier To Effective Communication, Baldric.

[MallyJ]

The most sensible thing to do would be to ban all religions .... that would liberate huge amounts of money to help the poorest round the world and buildings to be converted into homes for the homeless...

[willbewhatiwill]

Mamyalynne,
I do not remember that I had posted a petition about banning Niqab & Burka outright. In any case, what I posted here is not from any of my petitions, etc.

[dannyk13]

Where is it from?It is obviously not original.

[Mamyalynne]

True you have posted here and as stated there is a wealth of questions on this topic in the bank already .

For others, this is where I saw it.

https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/17559

[mikey4444]

This has all the hallmarks of an anti-Muslim thread, so I am backing out.

[willbewhatiwill]

dannyk13,
What are posted are MY OWN ORIGINAL authorship, knowledge, suggestions, take, perspectives, opinions, sentence construction. I do keep a copy of what I authored for future reference - like my own past articles, petition, post on blogs, twitter, academic dissertations.

[willbewhatiwill]

Mamyalynne
Yes the petition is mine, but not outright ban as I said.
https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/17559

[naomi24]

Yes, they are barriers to all of those things.

Pixie, //I hope the comment about babies was just a sick joke.//

Unfortunately it isn’t.

Mikey, why are you backing out? Aren’t there some things about Islam that warrant criticism?

[THECORBYLOON]

In what way would the wearing of a burka or niqab on a bus be a problem?

[mikey4444]

Corby....In Norway, they might be mistaken for seats !

[willbewhatiwill]

mikey4444: "This has all the hallmarks of an anti-Muslim thread"
Referred in the thread to other religions as well - like 'Wearing insignias of one's religion like hijab, turban, bangle or crucifix should not be allowed if it is for reasons of security, health & safety or effectiveness at work especially in the fields employment, security, health & safety'.

I then focused more on Niqab & Burka because - how can a professional's rapport, trust, openness, honesty, competence, integration into the society, sincerity be demonstrated (& even his/her identity) with the covering of facial features & expression??? Surely not!

[willbewhatiwill]

I meant: I referred in this thread to other religions as well - like 'Wearing insignias of one's religion like hijab, turban, bangle or crucifix should not be allowed if it is for reasons of security, health & safety or effectiveness at work especially in the fields employment, security, health & safety'.

[willbewhatiwill]

THECORBYLOON state: "In what way would the wearing of a burka or niqab on a bus be a problem"?

What if hiding inside the burka or niqab is/are BOMB(s)???