Nimetic

I guess it had to happen.

A local politician (Australia) raised the possibility of banning headscarves in government schools.

Personally, I think this is ridiculous. I believe that it threatens the very values that we supposedly believe in - the right to freedom as long as that freedom does not impinge on the freedom of others.

At the same time - I do not expect that banning headscarves will make terrorists easier to spot. Nor do I think that banning the headscarf will promote mixing/understanding between cultures in our schools. The fundamentalists will simply keep their kids at home or send them elsewhere.

But that's just me. The French have banned them. One German state is banning them. Singapore bans them.... I don't know exactly what happens in Israel (though I'm curious).

What do you think? Should muslim headgear be banned in government funded schools? Or not...