Monday, October 09, 2006

The last Straw

Sir,

Presumably these young women who espouse the veil do not wish to take examinations where their identity needs to be ascertained. They will go through life without taking a driving test, driving a car, going through passport control or approaching a bank counter.

I have stayed in several Middle Eastern countries. I would have followed local customs through courtesy, but the local laws defined what I could wear, where I could eat, forbade me driving, and forbade any non-Islamic religious activity.

JO BOOTH DAVEY
Swindon

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I wonder...What it would look like if these women wear veil and go in olympics:)