If you’re against governments forcing women to wear burqas or hijabs then you should be against governments banning women from wearing them too

I’m sure most of you know about France’s burqa ban, but did you know that they passed a bill to ban girls under 18 from wearing hijabs in public?

Just as I’m against religious authoritarianism, I can’t stand this breed of enforced secularism. Do I like hijabs/burqas/niqabs? No, which is why I’ll never wear one, but do I think other women should be banned from expressing their Muslim faith by wearing one? Hell no!

I also take issue with the fact that ALL religious symbols are banned in schools, you can’t even wear your favorite cross or Star of David necklace. And yarmulkes are out of the question. How can you be for separation of church and state and yet stifle people’s freedom of religious expression?

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blackdude · 31-35, M

my feelings! my feelings!, cut the bullshit. france has every right to ban that shit. france has given those people abetter life, they should adept to france, its a form of respect. if they wanna wear burka's they can go to the middle east, simple right?

SW-User

@blackdude well said!

Pikachu ·

@blackdude @SW-User

I think this opinion lacks any nuance whatsoever.
There's a big difference between assimilating into a new culture and utterly abandoning your identity to it.

For example, i do think that out of respect, a foreigner living in a new country should learn the language. They should observe the customs of the nation.

Offering sanctuary to other human beings means that you value them as human beings.
It does not mean subjugating them because they are different and forcing them to be homogeneous.
It does not mean forcing them to abandon important aspects of their culture which in no way negatively impact the culture of their adoptive nation.

SW-User

@Pikachu Burqas aren't part of religious identity any more than a Klan robe and you're dangerously naive if you don't get that.