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Originally Posted by Von Due
Just saying: Bans on hijabs and burkas is not only a European thing, Chad and other countries in Africa has had bans going for some time now after a number of deadly attacks. Security is the arguement in all cases.
Interestingly enough, one Egyptian religious scholar named Mohammad Tantawi has stated that there is nothing in Islam that commands women to cover their faces, hair or entire bodies. Egypt is also interesting in that among the upper class, there is a sentiment against hijabs and the like. One can ask whether this scholar is of the upper class or the lower classes. Iran on the other hand, saw women wearing veils centuries before there was a thing called Islam. Point of this is, the arguement that they have to wear it because religion dictates it is in reality a flawed arguement and if a nation bans it, one can not use religion as an arguement against the ban. Security is a valid arguement for a ban.
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Makes sense. Still, it is one of those situations where you have to think about liberty vs security and how the two co-exist...indeed, if they can co-exist.
