All policemen should wear turbans - Malaysiakini
- From: pluto <pluto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:59:21 +0800
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All policemen should wear turbans - Malaysiakini
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All policemen should wear turbans
C Nimitz Mar 31, 06 5:55pm
The inspector-general of police has ordered that all female personnel in
the police force put on the headscarf during parades and official
functions. The reason for this order, according to the IGP, was for
uniformity.
Muslim policewomen who wish to wear the headscarf as part of their
religious obligation cannot be forced to take off their headscarves for
parade and official functions just for the sake of uniformity. Thus, in
order to create uniformity amongst the policewomen, all policewomen must
put on headscarves. Simple logic.
Now, male personnel in the police force who profess the Sikh religion and
wish to wear the Sikh turban as part of their religious obligation cannot
be forced to take off their turbans. So, according to the IGP's logic, all
other policemen must then put on the turban for parades and official
functions for purposes of uniformity.
Otherwise, the much desired uniformity amongst police personnel cannot be
achieved unless the IGP only desires for uniformity amongst female
personnel but does not care about uniformity amongst male personnel, which
will make him appear highly inconsistent. This is of course assuming the
Royal Malaysian Police is not thinking of banning Sikh policemen wearing
the turban from participating in parades and official functions.
Lest anyone jumps at this and declares that Muslims may not wear any
symbols, clothing, etc, that make them appear to be followers of religions
other than Islam, please note that the turbans worn by Sikhs that we see in
Malaysia are not exclusive to the Sikh religion. Many Muslims wear them in
the Pakistan and India as part of their daily attire.
After all, as Tadin Sahak mentioned, there should not be any problem if
everyone regards the headscarf as part of the police ceremonial dress. Same
should go for the turbans.
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