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Is the hatred of muslim women wearing veils getting out of hand?

Do you think that the general public is acting parallel to the same as 1930's-40's Nazi dislike of the jews which led to the jews being persecuted. A certain section of society has been singled out and words of attack grow daily against vulnerable members of society namely muslim women. It reminds me of people who questioned, how could the germans hate a certain people? when in reality even at home the dehumanising of a segment of society proves real in the UK today. It is scarey that people can turn against weak members of society.

Public Comments

1. I don't hate them
2. Wearing veils is religion getting out of hand.
3. no, we live in a democracy, and British people should be allowed to speak what they feel
4. I wish media would stop showing muslim women as "captives of the berka" and show a muslim woman who is not only proud, but encourages woman wear the headdress! seriously, I dont believe they are captive of anything other than American demonization of them!
5. i have no hatred for muslim women atall i just dont think they should be allowed to do certains thing jobs ect if they wear a vail sorry thats just my opp
6. A bit yes, but if you get 2 such stories pop up in the press about the same time, it is suddenly an epidemic! All will be forgotten in a few months time...........
7. muslims need to shut the f*ck up.
8. A woman using veil can do whatever she wants....she is not handicaped. I dont agree with Lisa. Work opportunities should be for everyone, and I dont understand what can take people to attack a veiled indefense woman but cowardy and ignorance. I want to be free and wear it...
9. I agree. People should do whatever they want as long as they are not harming other people. Muslim women are simply practicing their rights and it is actually a religious obligation that they have to undertake not a luxury or an extra thing. Veil issue has been blown out of proportion, I do not see why is it such a big deal. They are being singled out simply because Muslims have been under fire due to the terrorists attacks, but why blame the inncoent for the action of a few individuals?! Why can't we just stop for a minute and think about the issue and our actions!! We have been interacting and living peacefully with them for thousands of years and all of a sudden, they are terrorists!! we generalize and judge a whole religion based on a few incidents that they had nothing to do with. Shame on us.
10. "Words of attack" are NOT the same as physical assault. The Met say that physical violence against Muslim women is NOT growing at a fast rate anywhere in Britain, and there have been many successful prosecutions of yobs who do assault them. The non-issue of attacks targeting Muslim women is merely a publicity stunt by a small number of Muslim agitators who want special considerations and undeserved respect from the British public.
11. Yes. Muslim women have the right to wear their veils, headscarves, hijab, burka, or whatever without harassment from the rest of us. We should be treating them with respect, that they are willing to do so. There is a growing trend among some Christian groups for Christian women to (voluntarily) wear head coverings. The idea came from the Christian women themselves, not from their men. So you see, we really need to live and let live.
12. I don't like what's going on at all. There seems to be a growing air of mistrust on all sides, each exacerbating the other and the divide seems to be getting bigger all the time. Prejudice is often born of ignorance and fear.Rather than encouraging understanding of other cultures we seem to be demonising them and judging them. It makes me very sad, as I was raised to despise racism and prejudice and now it seems to be rearing it's ugly head more and more frequently in all directions.
13. way out of hand...what is it with all the hate today anyway? it is very scary and sad to me. what's next? no wearing sunglasses in public...people should be allowed to keep their cultural values, styles, languages, etc. i'm native american. when my grandmother was hauled off to gov't boarding against her will, she was beaten and punished for speaking her native language...geez, none of the children spoke english and couldn't even understand what was being asked of them. talk about learning the hard way! when my sons were being bussed from the rez to public school back in the mid 80's, the anglo kids used to spit on their braids, rub gum in them, and try to cut them off with scissors. my boys demanded i cut their braids off, and they never wore their hair long again. really sad. the native kids were also made to sit in the back of the bus a lot of the time in order to keep the conflict under control...rather than the school officials teaching tolorance and understanding...oh yeah, this is really wicked...when my daughter was 10 and on a thanksgiving field trip, her teacher made her dress like a pilgrim. she was the only native kid in her school. how debasing is that? of course she refused, and for punishment, wasn't allowed to eat lunch. this was in 1997. sick huh.
14. no i dont think so......a muslim woman knocked on my door last night i never opened the door i just talked through the letter box to see how she fooking likes it......
15. Well to start with hate is a very strong word to associate with muslim wearing their veils or not, I personally don't hate it or them, however i do disagree with it, not for any anti-terrorist reason but simply the fact tthat the veil is used to subjucate their women, in point of fact there is nowhere in the quran that says muslim women must wear a veil, it does say they must cover their hair and heads the same as a man must bfore entering mosque, as the hair is seen to be vulgar and vain, the veil however is imposed on women by the men to prevent non-muslim males from seeing their faces, hence the case where the teaching assistant was quite happy to let children see her but not adult white males, also there are many muslim women who dont agree with the veil, i know this to be a fact as my fiance's adopted sister is an asian muslim, who absolutely refuses to wear a veil of which there are many types, not just the burkah, in fact when her hubby tried to make her she told him to "stick it wear the sun doesnt shine" so, to sum up, while i dont agree with the veil simply from a humanist point of view, its up to the women as long as they are not forced into it, either physically or mentally by theeir husbands, his family or by mullahs at the mosque
16. no they want to fit in to our society they should stop wearing them