
Quebec Right on Muslims
Recently news on a Muslims woman who applied for a Job as a prison guard in Quebec caused some controversial debates on liberal values in western world. The Quebec government asked woman either remove her Hijab or she could not take the job and be trained for that, but she refused to remove her veil.
Some Canadians and Americans argue that liberal values do not allow one to treat freely. Muslim advocacy groups have been crying racism. "It is an ultimatum, remove the hijab or you're out of here, "said the head of the Muslim Council of Britain."That's not a security issue; this is much more a bigoted issue." A department spokesman said "As a security measure, the hijab can not be accepted as an element of the uniform to execute the functions of a correctional officer."
The Muslim Council called for compromise but the government refused. All across the western world, Muslims are struggling to fit in, to balance the norms of liberal democracies with the requirements of their faith.
What is important is that how western countries can call themselves liberal and democratic but do not allow Muslim citizens to treat as they want. They claim that all people are free for doing their religious rituals but see hijab as a politic sign. Muslims are trying to fit themselves in most aspects of western life for example education, politics, economy and culture but are not allowed to have the only right that a Muslim should have, the right to cover itself that is a religious rather than being political.
It seems that western countries fear of future as demographical reports show the increase of minority population such as Muslims in these societies so they predict if they remain passive and neutral to these changes, integration would face danger. In contrast to what they think I believe if they would come along with this fact that how it is important for a Muslim to do her religious practice they could also benefit this bigotry. According to Islamic beliefs, protection of land in which one lives is considered as worship so Muslims can help national integration in every western country, but what governments expect Muslims is just to assimilate not to accommodate.
In fact I think it is a common issue because in Iran some minority groups, as Christians and Jews and Zarahtoshtians, lives who like to live as they want but there are limitations for them from Islamic rules that force them to obey, what should they do? Maybe some one thinks that they are less in number than Muslims in western countries and they should assimilate Muslims in Iran but what is the difference. We believe that minority groups should act like Muslims and in western countries people believe Muslims should assimilate others. If they force Muslims to be like others we also force minorities to treat like Muslim.
What is the solution for this condition? Can we call it democracy, in societies, Iran and west? It seems that both sides only bear the name of democracy as all can see all over the world. Democracy is only an excuse for governments for not being blamed for autocracy. This is added by the claim of liberalism that westerners pretend to have in their societies and I think they are more under pressure for such an issue.
Recently news on a Muslims woman who applied for a Job as a prison guard in Quebec caused some controversial debates on liberal values in western world. The Quebec government asked woman either remove her Hijab or she could not take the job and be trained for that, but she refused to remove her veil.
Some Canadians and Americans argue that liberal values do not allow one to treat freely. Muslim advocacy groups have been crying racism. "It is an ultimatum, remove the hijab or you're out of here, "said the head of the Muslim Council of Britain."That's not a security issue; this is much more a bigoted issue." A department spokesman said "As a security measure, the hijab can not be accepted as an element of the uniform to execute the functions of a correctional officer."
The Muslim Council called for compromise but the government refused. All across the western world, Muslims are struggling to fit in, to balance the norms of liberal democracies with the requirements of their faith.
What is important is that how western countries can call themselves liberal and democratic but do not allow Muslim citizens to treat as they want. They claim that all people are free for doing their religious rituals but see hijab as a politic sign. Muslims are trying to fit themselves in most aspects of western life for example education, politics, economy and culture but are not allowed to have the only right that a Muslim should have, the right to cover itself that is a religious rather than being political.
It seems that western countries fear of future as demographical reports show the increase of minority population such as Muslims in these societies so they predict if they remain passive and neutral to these changes, integration would face danger. In contrast to what they think I believe if they would come along with this fact that how it is important for a Muslim to do her religious practice they could also benefit this bigotry. According to Islamic beliefs, protection of land in which one lives is considered as worship so Muslims can help national integration in every western country, but what governments expect Muslims is just to assimilate not to accommodate.
In fact I think it is a common issue because in Iran some minority groups, as Christians and Jews and Zarahtoshtians, lives who like to live as they want but there are limitations for them from Islamic rules that force them to obey, what should they do? Maybe some one thinks that they are less in number than Muslims in western countries and they should assimilate Muslims in Iran but what is the difference. We believe that minority groups should act like Muslims and in western countries people believe Muslims should assimilate others. If they force Muslims to be like others we also force minorities to treat like Muslim.
What is the solution for this condition? Can we call it democracy, in societies, Iran and west? It seems that both sides only bear the name of democracy as all can see all over the world. Democracy is only an excuse for governments for not being blamed for autocracy. This is added by the claim of liberalism that westerners pretend to have in their societies and I think they are more under pressure for such an issue.

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