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In reply to the discussion: European Court upholds French full veil ban [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)14. Most interesting part was here:
...in places open to all, practices or attitudes which would fundamentally call into question the possibility of open interpersonal relationships, which, by virtue of an established consensus, formed an indispensable element of community life within the society in question...
Beats the SCOTUS hands down for getting to the heart of the matter.
Beats the SCOTUS hands down for getting to the heart of the matter.
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There are so many more desert tribes in Africa, Australia etc who wear nothing at all
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#29
Good. This is a misogynistic cultural relic that has no place in Western societies imo
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#5
There's 2 things bound up in this: the sexism of a face veil, and the prevention
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2014
#9
The vast majority of devout Muslims think it's normal for women to show their faces in public
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2014
#11
I'm no expert on Muslim sartorial standards but I do think there are variations among countries.
Jim Lane
Jul 2014
#25
"Governments" do that all the time. There are restrictions on what women can wear in public
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#12
This has nothing to do with surveillance cameras and more to do with French history
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#19
I don't know about France but in the UK and the US its illegal to wear a full face covering
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#20
Your examples only prove the point - these are party/one-off events. Not daily wear
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#21