But quite many men also find veil to be offensive. They see veil as a statement that man is an animal, he is weak to control himself and will lose control at the slightest glimpse of female flesh (BBC1, 2013). Obviously people with those views would not like to see women in hijab at their workplace or in schools where they send their children.
But then civil servants (doctors, teachers etc.) should not be forced to implement laws that are against their conscience. …show more content…
If all people have equal dignity religious people should not have special treatmen in the eyes of the law because religious believe are like any other conscientiously held beliefs. The belief of person in need to stop climate change have to be given the same status as belief of woman in necessity to wear a face veil. «When someone refuses to do something on grounds of conscience that should be enough. Looking for religious reasons is redundant, and unfair to people who are not religious.»,- says Trigg (2012, p43)
But in fact reality requires religion to be given special attention. People thought the history were
Prosecuted for their religion. Religion time and again has been linked to conflicts.
Another reason to give special protection to religious beliefs and practices is that they can not be separated from human nature, this is just the way our mind works. Cognitive science theory states that God concepts— are easy to grasp, just because they are a natural part of our conceptual framework. (Trigg p23). Some even say that evolution of human kind would be impossible without religious beliefs (Botkin, 2000). Thus attempts to restrict religious freedom would be unsecessful and against human …show more content…
- Democracy does not simply mean that the views of a majority or minority must prevail. When all players are at board there is a way to find compromise and fair balance. Besides, one day we might find ourselves in a minority and we will not want majority to decide what is good for us. So rights to religious freedom and equality are both equally important and can often appear in conflict. Obviously there is a need to balance them .In terms of hijab some suggest that it should be only allowed in private or religious places. In public areaes all citizens have to follow civic rules. But you can not be one person at home and another at school. It would be also an attempt to pretend that religion is a wholly individual matter of no concern in the public sphere. Freedom of worship itself is a public activity .
In such situations when rights clash, one may well have to proceed on a case-by case basis to find a reasonable accommodation. Rights have to be weighed against each other in the light of the particular facts (Trigg