In order to have a rationale, you have to be rational.
That leaves you out.
I am quite rational. It is a simple question. Should a Muslim Marine wear a hajib or a taqiyah when standing at attention next to his fellow service member.
This is not about whether a certain religious sect are good guys.
You can’t discriminate and give the “good guys” authorization to wear religious headgear and not give others the same authorization.
You said I wasn’t being rational. So just answer this one question.
Nidal Hasan, a MUSLIM TERRORIST- was ordered by a Judge and the The US Army Court of Criminal Appeals to shave his beard.
The highest military appellate court in the United States
removed the Judge and vacated the order to shave the beard. They left it open about what to do about the beard.
Should the MUSLIM terrorist have to conform to Army Regulations to shave the beard? A beard that many feel he is using to disguise himself.
His reasoning for having the beard? He is crippled due to the shooting and his life expectancy is shorter. His religion requires him to leave his earth as he walked it.
HE IS NO LONGER WILLING TO TAKE THE AFTERLIFE RISK HE DID BEFORE THE SHOOTING WHEN HE WAS IN THE ARMY SHAVING HIS FACE.
He’s not a “good guy”
Does he get the religious exemption?
He shouldn’t get the exemption.
But I say give it to him. Let him look like a Muslim Terrorist. Don’t give him grounds for an appeal. Let him flout the exemption.
But in reality - he shouldn’t get the religious exemption NOW or when he was not locked up serving the Army.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/228589/beard-too-far/elaine-donnelly#
But now, women can ask to wear the hajib while serving in the military , right???