http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2006/11/13/29/ Walking the Talk in Philadelphia: A Ministry of the Christian Association at the University of Pennsylvania Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:27:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2006/11/13/29/#comment-20 Marisa Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:53:59 +0000 http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2006/11/13/29/#comment-20 This makes me think of all the controversy that was sweeping England maybe a month ago, I think it was during Ramadan, about the governmental official who asked that women where the full covering remove their face veils when they came into his office to talk with him. He explained that had a hard time communicating with the women when he couldn't see their faces or read their expressions. He was demonized in the press because of it, but I really felt and understood his side. It's a tricky issue. This makes me think of all the controversy that was sweeping England maybe a month ago, I think it was during Ramadan, about the governmental official who asked that women where the full covering remove their face veils when they came into his office to talk with him. He explained that had a hard time communicating with the women when he couldn’t see their faces or read their expressions. He was demonized in the press because of it, but I really felt and understood his side. It’s a tricky issue.

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