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Let Muslim Primary School Teachers Wear Full-Face Veil in Class – Rowan Williams
The Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11/10/14 | John Bingham

Posted on 11/11/2014 7:04:49 PM PST by marshmallow

Former Archbishop of Canterbury says ‘panic’ about the niqab is 'largely misplaced' even if young children cannot see their teacher’s face

There is no need to “panic” about Muslim primary school teachers wearing the full-face veil in class, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Williams, has insisted.

He said concerns that young children would struggle to learn from a woman whose face was covered were “largely misplaced” and that there are other ways to "read” what people are saying.

The former Archbishop’s remarks, in an interview for the Christian think-tank Theos, reopen the debate about the place of the niqab in British public life.

It follows a political storm last year after the then Home Office minster Jeremy Browne called for a national discussion about restrictions in some settings such as schools to prevent young women from having the veil “imposed” on them.

David Cameron rejected the idea of a ban but said he would “back up” schools and courts that ask women to remove veils.

Lord Williams’s previous forays into the issue of Islam led to one of the biggest crises of his time at Lambeth Palace, when he said in 2008 that it seemed unavoidable that aspects of Sharia law would be adopted in the UK. He was speaking about the growth of arbitration tribunals which already operate on Sharia principles.

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1 posted on 11/11/2014 7:04:49 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Will the Lord plunge this nation into the sea?


2 posted on 11/11/2014 7:06:48 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: marshmallow

We need to nip this muslim crap in the bud and fast.


3 posted on 11/11/2014 7:07:55 PM PST by Bullish (A 5 year old could run the country better than Obama.)
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To: marshmallow

This incredible old fool. Shut yer crumpet hole, Archie.


4 posted on 11/11/2014 7:11:40 PM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: marshmallow

The UK is over....until they can ditch socialism. Glad I left.


5 posted on 11/11/2014 7:13:09 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Bullish

No one should be allowed to wear a mask in public (with the possible exception of the Lone Ranger...)


6 posted on 11/11/2014 7:22:31 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I respectfully disagree. It would be fine for Pelosi to wear a mask in public. Well, actually, it would be fine for a majority of elected female democrats. And NARAL. And NOW.


7 posted on 11/11/2014 7:31:07 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: marshmallow

Non-verbal signs, such as having eye contact and interpreting facial expression are as important as words in social interaction. Rowan Williams is an idiot totally lacking in common sense. And I say that even though I am Anglican.


8 posted on 11/11/2014 7:31:39 PM PST by kalee
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To: marshmallow

Let unknown masked people that are commanded to murder us “take care” of your kids. What could go wrong?


9 posted on 11/11/2014 7:32:06 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: marshmallow

The nation Churchill led in saving will be destroyed unless the cancer of Islam is removed.


10 posted on 11/11/2014 7:33:24 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: marshmallow

Former Archbishop of Canterbury, currently Chief Dhimmi of the U.K.


11 posted on 11/11/2014 7:39:54 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

But!.......I loved my several visits to London!

Was on my bucket list to go again!

No more!


12 posted on 11/11/2014 7:47:47 PM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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To: marshmallow

What is wrong with these people?


13 posted on 11/11/2014 7:48:22 PM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: marshmallow

Another reason to homeschool.


14 posted on 11/11/2014 7:48:32 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: doug from upland
I respectfully disagree. It would be fine for Pelosi to wear a mask in public. Well, actually, it would be fine for a majority of elected female democrats. And NARAL. And NOW.

When I lived in a Muslim country I was at the outdoor fruit/vegetable souk/store once, buying vegetables. This woman was bending over some vegetables and I came near, looking at the SAME vegetables.
She straightened up, turned and looked at me and lifted her veil and smiled at me. She was TOOTHLESS, with a zillion wrinkles but with pretty blue-green eyes.

OoooooooooOOOOooo!! OOOOgly! I was very tempted to tell her DROP YOUR VEIL.

There are MANY women who OUGHT to wear a veil, a very THICK one too...especially the majority of elected female Democrats--100% agreement on the latter.

15 posted on 11/11/2014 8:00:05 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: kalee
Non-verbal signs, such as having eye contact and interpreting facial expression are as important as words in social interaction. Rowan Williams is an idiot totally lacking in common sense. And I say that even though I am Anglican.

What has the Right Reverend Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth PC FBA FRSL FLSW, Anglican Bishop, done to earn your ire?

16 posted on 11/11/2014 8:03:07 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: marshmallow

Many states have laws against face masks except at Halloween, in response to KKK abuses.

Could such laws apply to moslems?


17 posted on 11/11/2014 8:32:32 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: marshmallow

not a chance.....fully covered faces shouldn’t even be allowed in public places muchless classrooms.


18 posted on 11/11/2014 8:44:27 PM PST by terycarl (common sense prevails over all)
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To: beethovenfan

Who CARES what the little bearded Druid thinks!!!?


20 posted on 11/11/2014 9:15:47 PM PST by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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