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Should Mrs May Have Worn A Headscarf While Visiting The Saudi's?
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Personally I think she was right not to.
It is not the time to be harping about human rights we need the business and the Saudis would just ignore it anyway meaning we would only get their backs up. The idea we would tie human rights to trade deals WE want is fanciful.
So, Mrs May not wearing the headscarf is a good way of showing them how we in the West (excepting our new arrivals of course) treat women as equals. it a is a subtle and clear message to human rights.
No links, there are pictures everywhere.
It is not the time to be harping about human rights we need the business and the Saudis would just ignore it anyway meaning we would only get their backs up. The idea we would tie human rights to trade deals WE want is fanciful.
So, Mrs May not wearing the headscarf is a good way of showing them how we in the West (excepting our new arrivals of course) treat women as equals. it a is a subtle and clear message to human rights.
No links, there are pictures everywhere.
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By wearing a head scarf she would have been sending the message that she/UK were not equal to them. No one wants to lose face or be seen as weaker (even if they are) but when you work on the world stage you cant really be seen as weak or dithering.
However I don't think this is news. Mrs May went to a business meeting with the Saudi's to talk trade would have been sufficient. ((Shrug))
However I don't think this is news. Mrs May went to a business meeting with the Saudi's to talk trade would have been sufficient. ((Shrug))
Do the Saudis not have TV or the internet? They know Western women are not obliged to wear head scarfs.
Saying that - I covered up when visiting a temple in Thailand and in Malta I always had a cardi in my bag knowing I couldn't go in to churches with my shoulders uncovered.
Where do you draw the line?
Saying that - I covered up when visiting a temple in Thailand and in Malta I always had a cardi in my bag knowing I couldn't go in to churches with my shoulders uncovered.
Where do you draw the line?
Im sure if the PM had been going somewhere where the rule said 'x' she'd have done 'x'. After all she clutched Mr Trump's hand and some might say her remarks at the Trump press conference were on the greasy side of obsequious. I suspect had she worn a headscarf it would have caused a LOT more fuss, but from different quarters. Didn't we have some folk on here recently protesting about that Channel 4 newsreader?
ichkeria - We did indeed.
I am sure you are 'British' enough to know that when Muslim women cover their heads in Muslim countries, it is because they are 'forced' and 'oppressed' - but when we try and make Muslim women uncover their heads over here, it's because they refuse to 'integrate'.
Freedom of choice does not, of course, exist in either circumstance.
I am sure you are 'British' enough to know that when Muslim women cover their heads in Muslim countries, it is because they are 'forced' and 'oppressed' - but when we try and make Muslim women uncover their heads over here, it's because they refuse to 'integrate'.
Freedom of choice does not, of course, exist in either circumstance.
Steve Bell has a view on this !
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