Sentences with phrase «of religious dress»

In France, this notion has evolved into a law banning the wearing of religious dress or symbols in public institutions, such as government offices and public schools.42 Political parties in Quebec argue that the proposed Bill 94 did not go far enough towards the French position; they say the government should impose a complete ban on the wearing of the niqab, hijab and burqa in Quebec.43

The issue of religious dress has also given rise to legal challenges for Muslim women in Canada.

Not exact matches

As weddings grew more secular over time, and people weren't limited to dress codes of religious buildings, strapless dresses (for brides, bridesmaids, and guests alike) skyrocketed in popularity.

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

The fact that different genders, styles of dress and religious beliefs are portrayed equally in Team Muhafiz is a significant statement in Pakistan, where a conservative interpretation of Sunni Islam is the norm.

Even considering the Islamic states of Iran and Iraq as well as the deaths caused by Islamic terrorists in the 20th century, including the recent attacks on our country, these hardly compare with the deaths caused by nationalism during the same period, even though a great many national causes dress themselves up in religious jargon just as they have used terms like freedom (e.g., Vietnam and Lenin).

The latter is a subtle, supremist dogmatic domineering movement dressed in religious garb while the amazing former is the recognition and practice of Spirit, Love, heavenliness, harmony, Principle, human rights and the positive healing reform of finite human nature and its suffering experience by establishing the fact that «now are we the sons of God.»

Judging by the reaction to yesterday's story about a company not allowing religious baubles to be worn outside of the uniform combined with this story, it seems that certain Christians think they should be allowed to dress up as the pope and prosthelytize in the workplace without any possible reprisal from their employers.

Dressing up bigotry and prejudice by wrapping them in a pretty cloak of religious belief, is the old lipstick on a pig situation.

In Philadelphia a teacher can be fired for wearing «any dress, mark, emblem, or insignia» of religious significance.

Thats the problem with plenty of religious ppl, they go to a building on Sundays with well dressed ppl and think they are magically moral for the rest of the week.

Spiritual, but not religious can also describe a large number of people who have very solid, very defined beliefs but do not feel the need to dress them in doctrine and dogma and ritual.

More broadly immigrant Protestant congregations are carriers of home - country cultures in matters of music, language, dress and food, if not in specific religious symbols.

It is crucial for us to understand that the child of faith will not be harmed «if the body is clothed in secular dress, dwells in unconsecrated places, eats and drinks as others do, does not pray aloud, and neglects to do all those «religious» things which some decree... one thing, and one thing only is necessary for us to know righteousness, life and freedom.

But normally they were not distinguished from other religious groups in terms of language, dress, food, or most of their customs, except for worship.

Because Jeremy the religious have been screaming in humanities faces for millenia — smashing planes into buildings, killing hundreds of thousands in crusades and inquisitions, blowing themselves up on buses, discriminating against women — dressing them in cloth bags and keeping them from power in their own churches.

I remember one morning I saw a bishop wearing the simple dress of his religious community instead of the bishop's cassock required for formal gatherings.

It seems to be dressed in so many layers of religious rituals and traditions that it can hardly move!

The interpretation of dress attire also got mixed up resulting in attacks on Sikhs who wear turbans as part of their religious duty.

Do they feel complete in a religious institution that teaches deference to men and the priority of wifely duties, and that prescribes a dress code that may include a burka?

Let anyone who is naive enough to think that the US is a land of freedom dress up in Sikh, muslim, Hindu, or religious jewish clothing and go to their local bar.

Obi - Wan Kenobi is an amalgam of the ascetic monk of religious epics — dressed in Franciscan robes and living in a desert hermitage — and the John Wayne hero of EL Dorado, passing on gun - lore to the neophyte Luke, who is destined to carry on after he's gone.

I teach them right from wrong by example not scaring them into believing in a book of stories that was written back in B.C. Nothing erks me more then to hear my NJ suburb families tell me how they can't wait to see their little girl get all dressed up in their communion dress, only to not continue with the religious education.

The early church was anti-hierarchical and adopted a «come as you are» approach to worship, welcoming outcasts and the disenfranchised who often couldn't dress in fine clothes, says Carl Raschke, a religious studies professor at the University of Denver.

The careful reader will notice that Matthew casts the religious experts of the day (those robed in canonical or clerical dress) in the role of «them,» a move that supports a tongue - in - cheek, foot - in - mouth reading of the disciples when they claim to understand it all.

In this respect the burqa is comparable to two other habits of dress that come to mind: that of Sikh men, who refuse to cut their hair, who wear the kara and carry the kirpan; and that of Christian religious, with their cowls and rosaries and scapulars.

Instead of rebuking power I often dress it up in religious propositions, to justify myself, my beliefs, etc... But this is just more grasping at power and prevents Spirit from flowing in me, and through me.

Simcha Goldman, an Orthodox Jew and ordained rabbi serving as a clinical psychologist in an Air Force hospital, wore a yarmulke at all times and contended that an Air Force dress code regulation which forbade the wearing of «headgear» (such as a yarmulke) while indoors infringed upon his First Amendment right to free exercise of his religious belief.

So the midwives compare apples to pineapples and spice the dressing with claims of unconstitutionality and suppression of religious freedom and maternal autonomy.

When schools are run by government bureaucrats... the details of 9th - Grade biology classes, the propriety of patriotic rituals & religious observances, speech / dress / behavior codes... and every other possible issue — from how to teach math & reading... to vending machine contents & cafeteria menus — becomes a POLITICAL issue.

Current attempts at banning certain religious practices are not limited to just regulating dress, and are part and parcel of continental Europe's habit of ghettoizing people whom they consider to be beneath them.

Recently, the Rockland County Republican Committee has begun circulating a video with a voice over that alleges I have «refused to enforce the illegal housing laws in Rockland» while displaying a photograph of me with a group of men dressed in religious clothing.

To the Soviets, the emergence of the rich, Russophobe Republicans signaled the arrival of a more combative and ideological adversary in Washington, personified by John Foster Dulles, the dour and deeply religious secretary of state, a man who dressed and talked like a clergyman and yet managed to make millions during the Great Depression.

This is one of those lipstick shades that you would love to wear to a bridal party or a religious ceremony or along with your little black dress.

We store up a range traditional outfits for girls to dress at religious or ceremonial events has to do with the embracing touch of ethnic wear for girls in salwar suits styles which have been created to suit their comfort and sweet charming looks.

The queen of Qatar fashion for religious and precision regions doesn't reveal her body much, and it is precisely here that her refined taste intervenes: turbans are coordinated with jackets, flowery dresses and bandage sheath dresses, that elegantly mark her physique, but show very little skin.

People who require women to dress modestly for religious reasons often feel that pants are immodest because they show the shape of your legs.

White - colored dresses can be used as any approaching religious celebrations — First Breaking of the bread, Confirmation, later - existence Baptism, or any other church presentations.

When we come to it When we let the rifles fall from our shoulders And our children can dress their dolls in flags of truce When land mines of death have been removed And the aged can walk into evenings of peace When religious ritual is not perfumed By the incense of burning flesh And childhood dreams are not kicked awake By nightmares of sexual abuse

The analysis of Articles of the ECHR relevant to the issue and particularly Articles 9 (Freedom of religion) and 2 of Protocol 1 (right to education), the citation of the related case law and my personal experience, help me answer whether the right of a Muslim woman to be educated, work as a teacher, believe and manifest her religious views is being deprived by her decision to follow the Islamic dress - code or by prohibition - laws passed by European states and approved by the European court of Human rights (ECtHR).

Although prohibition - measures such as those in the case of France were not only regarding Islamic veils but also included every religious dress or sign that was extremely obvious like Sikh turbans, kippas (Jewish skullcaps) and large Christian crosses (Jones, 2012, p. 22), the public debate on the issue across Europe mainly concentrated on the Islamic attires.

The school has a dress code, which prohibits such religious fashion no - nos as «excessive sagging» on men's pants, but it is easy to spot boxer shorts, bra straps, and all sorts of other signs of immodesty among students strolling the campus.

It is good practice to offer a mix of planned and free choice activities, and also to have resources such as posters, toys, books, and dressing up clothes, that reflect disabilities, cultural and religious diversity.

Participants will gain an understanding of the latest developments in state and federal law on complex issues, such as: Transgender Students: issues related to student dress code, the right to participate in school activities and events, access to school facilities such as locker rooms and restrooms; School Climate: the obligation to proactively address school climate and promote a school climate accepting of all students, regardless of sexual orientation; Religious Issues: the rights of students and staff to express moral and religious views regarding sexual orientation and identity both during school and outside of school; Employment Issues: the implications of recent developments regarding same sex marriage and the rights of same sex couples to access employee benefits; and Discrimination Issues: the rights and obligations to address issues of employment discrimination and retReligious Issues: the rights of students and staff to express moral and religious views regarding sexual orientation and identity both during school and outside of school; Employment Issues: the implications of recent developments regarding same sex marriage and the rights of same sex couples to access employee benefits; and Discrimination Issues: the rights and obligations to address issues of employment discrimination and retreligious views regarding sexual orientation and identity both during school and outside of school; Employment Issues: the implications of recent developments regarding same sex marriage and the rights of same sex couples to access employee benefits; and Discrimination Issues: the rights and obligations to address issues of employment discrimination and retaliation.

The act does give some helpful guidance on considerations to be taken when deciding if such a penalty is reasonable: these include deciding whether the punishment is proportionate in all the circumstances, and whether there are any personal characteristics relevant to the pupil, including their age, special educational needs, disability or any religious requirements (e.g. dress) affecting the imposition of the penalty.

The girls, for the most part, are dressed as religious women, in an array of habits and head coverings of different colors.

It is what we do - judge people on their appearances (color of skin, dress, religious beliefs) and until we see what is in their hearts, we can be sadly mistaken.

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Israel, Fashion Statement will follow several recurring patterns, including religious and national symbolism; the inspiration drawn from Israel's landscapes; and the influence of encounters with a diverse range of traditional dress, both Jewish and Arab.

Mary Magdalene sits reading a religious work, dressed as a modern woman might be in 15th - century Flanders, in the kind of room you would see in a palace or rich merchant's house, with solid wooden furniture and a view of a river going through green fields outside the window.

«It's got two sets of narratives imposed on it: a religious iconography plus the narrative of the central character,» explains Perry, dressed in jeans and a T - shirt.