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Originally Posted by Brillopad

I have made it clear in previous posts that I have no issues with 'headscarves'. My issues, like many, are with full face and body coverings - niqabs and burkhas. However I don't feel that any male politician should be suggesting all Western women should wear headscarves out of solidarity for a single religion - a religion whose values many do not agree with. As a non-religious woman I don't feel any solidarity with women who choose to wear headscarves for religious reasons. Why would any non-Muslim woman want to endorse such beliefs. Personally to do so would be against my own belief that religion is simply superstition. I feel his motivations are simply based on his own PC opinions.

I know such control is about personality flaws in men - the point I am making is that religion is being used by these men to 'justify' their behaviours. We know from experience that male security guards, for instance , have been reluctant to Stop and search Muslim women wearing niqabs and burkhas because of 'relgious' implications. Muslim men know the West are fearful of causing 'offence' by doing so with the obvious security implications of that.

Security being just one issue.

This simply isn't true. If a woman in a veil tries to come into this country or any European country, she is asked to remove her veil at immigration control. If she feels uncomfortable, she can remove her veil in private or just show her face to a female immigration officer. There are no exceptions... none. She is just as likely to be searched by an immigration officer as anyone else. There are always plenty of female IO's around because even Western women often object to being searched by men.