Anyone On Here Goin To Take Part.?

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5364753/Foreign-Office-faces-backlash-Hijab-Day-celebration.html

[steg]

Not me, what about your self are you?

[webbo3]

I’ll give it a miss

[Haggisdj]

I'll probably get shot down in flaes for this but I think the saddest part of that article is at the very bottom where eight-year-old girld are wear the veil in classrooms.

[naomi24]

Good grief!

[Haggisdj]

**flames**
**girls**

[douglas9401]

I don't suppose they've given a moments thought to how alienating this is going to be for men as wimmin parade around in their liberating and secure headwear and they just have to get on with what they call work.
Outrageous gender specific claptrap and I for one will be complaining to anyone who'll listen in the strongest possible terms.

Trashy tokenism in pursuit of diversity and inclusivity. Again.

[youngmafbog]

Rather flies in the face of all the womens abuse we have been seeing latly.

Still if your trying to be PC all that seems to be flung out the window.

[gulliver1]

Wonder if they will wear a rose on St Georges Day!.

[Togo]

Haha Civil servants have no political "agenda" you know. Have they not just spent a week telling us so? Just an excuse for the vacuous airheads to raid the dressing up box.

[ichkeria]

In any case it was on Feb 1.
Sorry folks.
You've missed your chance to miss it :-)

[jourdain2]

I'm going to miss it retrospectively. 1st reaction was same as Naomi's - 'Good grief!' Completely nutty.

[-Talbot-]

No.

I'm more a supporter of 'White Wednesday'

[youngmafbog]

//
It's ignorant to assume every woman in a hijab is oppressed. How naive. //

It is equally ignorant to assume all who wear it (especially children) do it of free will especially try countries like Saudi.

[Togo]

I would have worn a Fez :))

[andy-hughes]

It's stupid right-on tokenism, and an insult to their staff.

The idea that 'trying on a hijab' for a few hours gives an insight into other cultures where staff may work is about as appropriate as asking them to close their eyes for a morning and 'experience' what it's like to be blind.

These people need to be educated properly about religions, and stop pretending to be inclusive, when they are being petty and insulting.

[anotheoldgit]

You just could not make it up, this country must be the laughing stock of the World.

[ichkeria]

It was, actually, World Hijab Day, so the world is presumably the mockery of the world.
All a bit daft, but I can't really see the reason to get so hot under the hijab about it :-)