UK: Muslim blanket: Why not accept each other?

 Burley in Lancashire, England, is a city of simmering ethnic tension exploded into violent riots between Muslims and non-Muslims in 2001. But Burley College has become the first in Britain to ban veil or 'garments that cover the face' ostensibly for security reasons. Britain has prided itself on being more tolerant than other European countries like France and Belgium have banned the veil in schools, schools or public buildings. So what it feels like to be a Muslim student Burley? Find out with HUMA Mohyuddin.

One reason I went to London to study at university was away from the paranoid feeling uncomfortable that most people in neighboring villages Burley and made me feel. Burley have lived all my life and I have always felt the racial separation to be a big problem.

When I entered the Sixth Form common room at my school in Burley, this separation was very clear - Muslims were filling one side of the room and not Muslim other. I asked why we do not accept each other?

The headscarf ban is saying again that Muslim women who wear the veil is not accepted. Why not? To be herself? Dressing modestly is to release Muslim women, did not oppress her.

As a Muslim girl myself, I feel like calling reasons "security" for the ban Burley College excuse outdated and force someone to remove the veil is discrimination.

At least half or more of the people are Muslims Burley. Therefore, one might think that the authorities would be considered Burley and understanding of other religions and beliefs. I wonder why Muslims do not get a say in what is happening, especially when it affects them directly.

After the riots in Burley in 2001 I met a young man with enough security, said he did not like Muslims, and the reason for this was that his parents were injured during the riots.

I remember when the riots broke out, said that one of the reasons for the tensions was that Muslims believed they were not getting the same rights as the rest of the population and were given jobs higher the highest paid non-Muslims. Although not think this is true now, I think the tensions are still there and others 'tactics' are being used to separate the rights of Muslims and non-Muslims, such as the headscarf ban.

I was 11 when I started to wear the headscarf and perhaps too young to realize the full reason why I wore it. All I knew at the time was what I wanted. As I grew, I certainly understand more. But try to explain this to my non-Muslim friends was difficult. They were not willing to understand and were not willing to accept.