I had talked in an earlier post about a Muslim woman who refused to be photographed for a drivers’ license picture, so I had to point out this post by Ali - Christian Women Refuses License Pic Versus Muslim Woman Doing Same � Eteraz.
Here we have two women of two different religions, both hiding behind their religious beliefs to get around law. The only difference? One got away with it, while the other didn’t. Read the link above to see who got away and who didn’t - you might be surprised.
Personally, I think both of them are wrong and law needs to be applied to all people equally - it just makes it really awful that some religions are considered better than others in skirting rules. I hope the ruling is overturned and both of them either get photographed or be made to sit at home with no drivers’ license instead of getting away with this stupidity.
update: I guess as is usual in such cases, there is a little more to the story than was posted - Check out the comments on this post at Dean’s World. The Christian lady’s case was from 1983, which kinda puts a different spin on things - I mean, is a 20+ year-old case really relevant to the current society?
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