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Date/Time 20 Dec 2013 4:22:59pm
Thought provoking article, thanks!

As a side note, have no problem with the hijab (but don't wear one) and don't understand why governments would try to ban it. The banning just tells people that there is something wrong with it but they never tell you what the something is so people get scared and they lash out at each other. If decision makers decided that yeah, it's ok to wear a hijab because it shows that you are more than just a sexual object, that you have a community, and that you're ok to let people know what you think.

I come at the article from, I guess, a "Liberal, scientific" background but I have been exposed to Catholicism, Anglicanism, Islam and many other religions or ideologies during my schooling.

I think the only way that the world's communities can learn to live together is by accepting and actually tolerating each other(not just converting to what the other communities think). Accept that not everyone is going to want to have one wife, two wives, sex with a same sex partner, wear the hijab, go to worship or not go to worship. Let everyone have their own idea about what is right but don't hate, bully, be afraid or destroy each other. Educate each other about what each group believes. With educating comes understanding, and tolerance. That's how I approach liberalism - education, pro-choice and trying not to hate or destroy. As I write this I do realise that there are holes in the "pro-choice" plan because morality and social rules aren't black and white but I think we could get closer if the majority are willing to try. The most extreme issues that people have with other groups of people will always exist but the types of issues will evolve as our shared beliefs change. It's the hate that bothers me and others like me the most. People hate because they are scared or because someone told them to.