On air: Is the Islamic world guilty of double standards?

We had such an overwhelming response to yesterday’s programme on the burqa, and many of you have told us you’d like to continue the discussion, so that’s exactly what we’re going to do today. There were a few clear themes that emerged out of show – Maxine summed up the thoughts of quite a few of you…

Burqa…again?

The Burqa was a big hit yesterday. Here’s the podcast if you missed it. It’s probably one of the biggest responses with had to a WHYS show in a long time.So here’s what we are thinking. Seeing as so many of you have responded and are still responding (I came into well over a 100 comments this morning), how about we keep the debate going with a continuation of yesterday’s show?

If we do the Burqa again, who do you want to hear from? What question would like to ask? John in Las Vegas wants to ask how do we reconcile the Burqa with conflicting cultural values? And Scott’s broadening it out by suggesting where do we draw the line with freedom of religion? Or like Jim, do you feel we’ve thrashed this subject to death?

On air: Are the French right about the burqa?

You’re still talking about Nicolas Sarkozy’s call to ban the burqa from France. And yesterday Al Qaeda issued this statement,
“We will not tolerate such provocations and injustices, and we will take our revenge from France.”

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