Women thrown off bus for wearing veil

21 Jul 2011 11:20a.m.

june wrote:

Hmmm, I guess if they didnt allow anyone in NZ, it would be just the Maori people living here, So in all respects we welcome ALL nationalities. It's not her fault shes Arabiac, just like its not my fault im Maori and perhaps could have family just like Once were warriors LOL...surely shes not a suicide bomber but more or less, just trying to get from One place to Another, I love How NZ is a multi cultral country now.

13 Jul 2011 12:17a.m.

anon wrote:

Who is responsible for increasing the Muslim population in New Zealand ?

Answer that and you know where the real problem lies.

And the answer to prevent having the no-go areas of France, or the riots and street battles of Norway, Sweden, Finland, ... or the white girl grooming gangs of England's midlands is simple too.

And the economic benefit is that there is no need to have ant-terrorism policing, or 24 hour surveillance.

And the social benefit of a simple change in immigration quota policy is continued cohesion.

Is our government working for us or not here ?

09 Jul 2011 10:39a.m.

Hylan wrote:

the incidents appeared to amount to discrimination on religious grounds, and should not be tolerated.

There is a very small number of women cover their faces in NZ. Its their personal belief, faith and should be tolarated by some narrow minded individuals.

NZ belong to Maori people and everyone else is a guest. It does not matter wethear you have arrived earlier. This does not nessessarly grants you the ownership of this country.

Lets be tolerant and respect each other faith, culture and the way of life. This what is all human righs about.

07 Jul 2011 12:05p.m.

nick a wrote:

got to laugh the way people portray NZ to be intolerant and discrimantory? Have these people ever been anywhere! maybe they should go take a look at what goes on in the rest of the world!

07 Jul 2011 12:00p.m.

nick a wrote:

@Meh..your an idiot. In a free country we live but with boundaries. You dont recall the banning of a tshirt that had Jesus is a c#@t written on it? Then you get people wearing swat stickas and some who wear next to nothing and they get stared at and denied entry to businesses. The same goes with free speech...eg there is a limit on what you can say publicly.

06 Jul 2011 10:57p.m.

meh wrote:

What many posters claiming for freedom fail to realise is that those women have the right to wear whatever they want. I don't tell you to stop wearing that shirt because it is offensive for me to have to see you not match it with your pants. Stop this hysteria over safety! We live in a FREE country keep it that way.

06 Jul 2011 02:40p.m.

adam wrote:

I have been to many muslim countries in their eyes nz is very tolarent and respected country.i think we should keep it that way.there is very small number of around 30 women cover their faces in nz. its their personal belief and be tolarated.

06 Jul 2011 01:07p.m.

Kiwi wrote:

If I have read correctly these "incidents" happened in May 2011.Here we are now into July 2011.Why did it take almost 2 months for this items to be raised by the women concerned?
Sorry but taking 2 months to publicise something is ridiculous.It's time these overseas students realised that this is NZ.NZ is a Western Country with Western approaches to matters.We live in an insecure world where suicide bombers in unstable parts of the world e.g the Middle East;dress in burqas.Hop onto crowded buses and blow themselves and many innocent people up.And all for the purpose of 74 virgins(for males)and beholding Allah's face(for females).So it's understandable when that considered why the bus drivers were so uncertain.
For all we know they could have been victims of a hold-up by kids wearing hoodies and so their hesitation in the MAY 2011 that these women mention about 2 months later.

06 Jul 2011 12:56p.m.

Kingi wrote:

Would there be an uproar if it were dudes wearing Balaclavas kicked off a bus... ?
Maybe NZ criminals should exploit this double standard and start wearing Burqas.

06 Jul 2011 11:51a.m.

D wrote:

My partner and I looked into teaching english in Saudi Arabia a while ago and were put off by the restrictions. If my partner wanted to go out, she had to wear a full hajib, covering her entire head and body. We would not, as foreigners, be allowed into most parts of the city, would have to be driven and escourted everywhere in tinted cars and wouldn't be allowed out of our apartment compound at night. This was mostly due to the laws governing women. I mean, seriously. If we have to go to those lengths there, they should have a bit of consideration here. After the 7/7 bombing in London and other attacks of public transport systems in other countries, it's only natural for some bus drivers to be a bit jumpy.