Local Police

[wired]

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Police-adopt-uniform-hijab/story-12058583-detail/story.html

Don't know if anyone saw this

[Mamyalynne]

Excuse me, I must leave at that juncture...........



Loin cloth....mutter....

[Jackdaw33]

It is not beyond human understanding to realise that a lot of people in the UK are diffident and distrustful of Muslims. Anything which reinforces their religion, e.g. traditional dress, is likely to heighten that anxiety.

[nailit]

O burying their head in the sand?

[pixie373]

It isn't even that. If you have to wear a uniform- wear it. It's not difficult.

[vulcan42]

I wonder if anybody complained in the 1940's when this man was defending the skies above Britain?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1253385/My-turban-saved-life-I-shot-dogfight-reveals-Sikh-WWII-flying-ace.html

[Svejk]

Sikhs have to wear a turban. Moslem head coverings are an affectation.

[pixie373]

Nobody "has to". It's all choice.

[vulcan42]

If people were allowed to wear a particular headdress relating to their religion, as part of the uniform seventy years ago, why the fuss now when the police allow it?

[pixie373]

Why should religion overrule anything? In the past -or now.

[humbersloop]

vulcan, do stop trying to let the facts interfere with a good argument ;)

[Svejk]

^Cue pictures of PC's in turbans.

[Svejk]

The Police don't mind, some ABers don't mind. A lot of us do but I suppose we'll just have to suck it up. Like a lot of crap in 'modern' Britain.