A senior journalist Adel Dawish comments on the latest controversy surrounding Muslim women's veils. Interestingly, Dawish claims that since Straw is an elected representative coming from an area with a large Muslim community, he has as much right as the Muslim leaders to express his views on this particular theme.According to Dawish, it is hypocritical of these leaders to cite individual freedoms allowing veil wearing, as in any other matter they are the first ones to reject those same freedoms.
That Mr. Straw should have his right to express himself is besides the point. The point being that individual freedoms are part of being European and leaders shouldn't be speaking for communities that haven't elected them in the first place. And, as Mr. Dawish concludes, it is time for minorities to try to understand the culture they have chosen to come to, and possibly not the other way around.
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