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[–] mister_monster@monero.town 0 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Water bottles for ablution and head scarves...

I doubt they let Jews have tefellin in jail either. Or Sikhs carry a ceremonial knife at all times. Not everything is a violation of religious rights, some things are dangerous to give people in situations like that. They make a good faith effort, they let them take time for prayer and eat at the right times during Ramadan, they don't make them wear immodest clothing, they can wash up before prayers. I wish they weren't in there, but it's a potentially dangerous place, the ingenuity people have with the materials around them you wouldn't believe.

"Islamically significant" lol who comes up with this stuff.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Even ignoring the head scarves which aren't similar to knives...

Water?

[–] mister_monster@monero.town 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Not water. Water bottles. People in places like that make knives out of paper. A guy taught me how to start a fire using a pencil and toilet paper. You'd be surprised what some people can do with some simple materials in a place like that. I'd be willing to bet there's some security that's the direct result of something someone did.

The knives Sikh people usually carry cannot be drawn, FYI. They're harmless.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Nonviolent people waiting for immigration to process them do not make knives out of paper. If they did, they would not receive asylum.

There’s no reason to conflate this with jail, except that we for some reason jail them.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is ICE.

Detention centers for Asylum Seekers.

Not exactly hardened gang members trying to shank people with plastic bottles. These people are trying to not get deported.

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