Veiled threat...

[Cyclefrance]

Not sure if this has reached American shores, but there's a bit of a furore going on over here about whether or not a female muslim teacher should be allowed to wear a veil in class when teaching children and a male is present.

It's dominated the news for a week or so (Madonna's baby adoption and Macca's divorce being the only items to see it off the front pages), and I must admit to wondering what the hell all the fuss is about.

We seem to have gone mad banning crucifix pendant jewellery being worn by Christians at one end of the religious scale to stopping veils being worn by muslim women at the other.

Any views out there on this?

Neat cartoon below to get you into the mood (a fag is another word for a cigarette over here, by the way - just in case you were wondering...):

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