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This summer the French Parliament made an important new law official. They have decided to make it illegal to wear the burka in public. The burka is a whole covering piece of fabric that a few Islamic women wear in the purpose to cover their body for other men than their husband. This is not a part of their religion but it’s still an important tradition. By banning the burka in France the discussion has grown bigger than ever, “will other European countries follow?”

I think this is wrong; a burka is just a piece of clothing and should not be banned!

Are we trying to hide the Islamic in our society?

Are we trying to hide the Islamic religion in our society today? I think we all know the answer to that. The Muslims can’t build mosques without being threatened from other people, and now they also have to feel the fear of not being able to wear whatever they want. This could lead to something dramatic like the emigration is being affected. Would you like to move to a country where they don’t accept your religion and way of living? I don’t think so, so why are we so obsessed with them adapting their habits after ours. Do we feel threatened? Yes, I absolutely think that’s a way of seeing it. Something that is new is often scary, but just because we let people dress however they like doesn’t mean they are going to take over the whole country. Of course it’s important to adapt to a country by learning the language and the structure of the society, but what does your clothing has to do with that? Do we really mean that they have to become copy of the norm by saying that they have to adapt?

A burka is just a piece of clothing just as a Swedish traditional costume, or why not a black, thigh leather skirt. We would never ban that in our society. Today people are walking around with corsets in the city and we don’t react because it’s a part of the fashion. So if Prada and Dolce Gabbana started designing whole covering veils and put them in their runway shows, would we still see it as we do today? I think prejudices are the biggest problem in this question, a girl in a lace corset walking around in city is still the same person if she puts on a burka the next day to walk around. The problem is that she is being received in a whole different way. That means that we are afraid that a piece of clothing will infect our society in a negative way. But it’s still just fabric being worn in a different way.

As I said before, a person is still the same person if she changes clothes. And what you want to wear should be fully up to you, no one else. I would like to say that this is the human rights, and in fact, it is! Taking away the right to dress however you like is like taking a part of the personality away because we express so much in our clothes today. And building a society where you can’t be yourself and express in different ways is not a good society. In this case with the burka, you don’t just take away a bit of the personality but also a bit of their traditions. This is a huge deal because your tradition say that a certain way of clothing is recommended, by wearing this you honor you’re believes but the society say you can’t wear it. How can a person choose between holy traditions or society? I think we should just give them the freedom to choose for themselves.  They have enough of a hard time being accepted on the streets, getting a job and find new friends because of the way they dress.

One counterargument that is being used is that they are being forced wearing the burka. And this is just a way of the men controlling the Muslim women.  And yes I can agree that this could be the case in Afghanistan or Pakiststan but the majority of women in Europe says that they have chosen it themselves.  Of course its wrong being forced to wear certain clothing, but this is just as wrong as banning it.

Another problem that is almost the strongest counterargument is security. Just because the burka is whole-covering you can never know who is behind the veil. People could use this to do crimes and be weary hard to identify for the police. Traveling could also be a huge problem

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burqa

http://www.frumforum.com/france-bans-the-burqa

 

 

1. Purposes - avsikt, syfte. When you do something for a special reason.
2. Scrapping - skrotning. When you throw something away because its broken or old.
3. Oppressive - besvärande. If you think something is making you feel bad inside and it's bothering you. could also be "förtryckande" and then it's if you feel that someone is making you uncomfortable because of something that has to do with your personality, background or looks.
4. Scantily - klen. It's when you don't have much mussel-power.
5. Implicit - blind. when you have a permanent disease so you can't see anything at all.
6. Acknowledge -  bekräfta. when you confirm something that you said before to make it even more sure.
7. Exaggeration - överdrift. When you make something bigger then it has to be, like if you trip and fall you might start crying even though it didn't hurt, you just want everyone to feel bad for you. Then you do this.
8. 'imposition - belastning, börda. if you have something in your mind that you can't talk with someone bout and just ju know this, and it's also a heavy burden to bare.
9. Condemned - (just found Condemned cell) dödscell. if you have done a crime and got the punishment of death. then you sit in this room until it's time for you to die.
10. Assumption - antagande. if you say stuff without any proof of it being right or wrong.

 

Robinson in Fridays eyes.

I think that Friday sees Robinson as a weary powerful person, just because he saved him from getting killed by the other tribe members. I also think he can se kindness: he puted his own life in danger to save me, this is what i think Friday thinks about.

This white man with his long dark hair just saved me. do you see that beautiful skin, it almost glows in the sun. I have never seen anything like this. we can't possibly be of the same race...Is he a god or something? What can he possibly be? I wonder if he is going to harm me, or is he send from the gods to protect me? That must be it.

Handkerchief: if you have a cold this is good to use for snot in your nose.

 

Splinter: when you walk on something made of wood this can go in to your skin and then you have to take it away with a tweezers.

 

Clogs: something you put on your foot so they wont get cold. It's like inside shoes.

 

Windmill: with this you take up energy in the movement of the wind and make it to energy that we can use in our homes later.

 

Dishcloth: you use this to clean up the sink from stains and crumbs. You have to put it in water before using.

 

Empowerment: when just you have the power and no other. You have this over your own life, because no one could decide over your life.

 

Ancillary: when you stand below someone, maybe in the society for an example. If you work at a company, then you're ancillary to your boss.

 

Contradict: if you say you don't like smoking, and laker on you smoke, then you contradicts yourself.

 

Hemorrhage: if you have a damage inside of your body and the blood vessels start leaking, then you have a hemorrhage.

 

Hoax: you could say this about a lot of stuff, it depends on the way you sees it. for an example, when a demonstration take place, then it will be a hoax.

 

Homage: if you have respect and honor.

 

Precursor: if someone has done something thats impressing and people look up tho this person then he is a precursor for that specific thing. like Einstein is a precursor for all scientists.

 

Upholstery: a teddy-bears is filled with this, it's withe, soft and looks like clouds.

 

Variegate: when you are tired of something and you want to try something new, then you probably need to variegate.

 

Succumb: when you have play a game for a long time and you just keep on losing, then after a while you will probably do this and go do something else.

 

Sovereign: when you do something fast and correct then you are this.

 

Tarpaulin: if you don't want something to get ruined by laying outside then you could use this huge cover of plastic to protect the stuffs.

 

Zealot: someone that likes something so much that he/she know everything about it.

 

Abbreviate: if you want to work less hours at your office then your boss have to abbreviate your hours.

 

Adequate: when something is good just as it is for it's purpose.