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Posted by: Red Deathy ( Socialist Party, UK ) on July 08, 1999 at 16:38:35:

In Reply to: The issue is Freedom of Dress posted by Nikhil Jaikumar on July 08, 1999 at 11:04:15:

: The hell? What does this have to do with freedom>? i want to know if muslim women have the freedom to wear veils if tehy so wish, or if the pseudoliberal french Regime has the right to prohibit them.

It has a lot to do with freedom- lets pose a different qwuestion- in otehr countries, and in muslim communities, do these women have freedomt o *not* where the veil? You implied you did not believe the feminists who claim such clothong is a means of repression, I pointed out that it is, and it is so for the very reasons the muslims describe for its use.

If the French banned crosses in their schools, I would not mind, but I know pretty much that the banning is a deliberately anti-islamic act, of a sort popular in post-colonial frqance because islam is viewed as a threat.

Frankly, I reckon people should wear what they like.


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