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KraziHare · #3 (**permalink**) 07-06-2004, 10:13 PM

A similar case was a big deal in the french media a while ago. I'm a little sketchy on the details but if i recall correctly a 13 year old girl wanted to wear her burqa to school but wasn't allowed to. She took the case to court and lost.

As for the case at hand I'm not quite sure if religion 'won' over authority as the ruling was undoubtedly based on a law that the lawmakers percieved as having priority. In this case why couldn't they find another distinguishing feature of the woman that wouldn't require her to uncover her face? Perhaps they could institute an alternative form of identification (something to do with fingerprints i'd say) for people who can't or won't have a driver's liscense picture taken.

#3 (permalink) 07-06-2004, 10:13 PM
KraziHare Likes Carrots Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Somewhere... probably Posts: 2,426	A similar case was a big deal in the french media a while ago. I'm a little sketchy on the details but if i recall correctly a 13 year old girl wanted to wear her burqa to school but wasn't allowed to. She took the case to court and lost. As for the case at hand I'm not quite sure if religion 'won' over authority as the ruling was undoubtedly based on a law that the lawmakers percieved as having priority. In this case why couldn't they find another distinguishing feature of the woman that wouldn't require her to uncover her face? Perhaps they could institute an alternative form of identification (something to do with fingerprints i'd say) for people who can't or won't have a driver's liscense picture taken. __________________ Nonfamiliarity makes you scared to see the beauty in front of your eyes, you're thinking narrowly. Everything is an unpredictable occurrence if you've experienced everything except the purpose.