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Originally Posted by Brillopad

I fervently believe that any Western country that wants to ban a garment that promotes inequality and contravenes its equality laws it should be banned. Those that choose to come and live here should respect that. If they don't they should live in a country where such views are shared - not to, at worst, try to force their views on the indigenous population or at best expect them to tolerate it. If the shoe were on the other foot it would be very different.

It is definely a step in the right direction when Muslim women stand up for themselves in this way. It also takes a lot of courage for women to do so in such a country and is an issue that should be addressed everywhere but of course it will have more significance when it is Muslim women themselves standing up to be counted. Good on them.

Originally Posted by jaxie

But surely a line must be drawn with some primary school children being forced to wear it. Otherwise the message we are allowing little girls to have is that there is something wrong with them that needs covering while their brothers are perfect. That's pretty awful.

You both do also realize that these are very much the same sort of arguments the progressives use in order to erode our rights to freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of religion, etc.

Both these lines sounds exactly like a social justice argument:

I fervently believe that any Western country that wants to ban a garment that promotes inequality and contravenes its equality laws it should be banned.

Otherwise the message we are allowing little girls to have is that there is something wrong with them that needs covering while their brothers are perfect.