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Tag Archives: islamic dress
Pay no attention to the women behind the veil? (Actually, no, don’t do that.)
So in the on-going saga of Western countries being horrible to women who wear burqas or niqabs, Australia announced that it was going to require anyone wearing “facial coverings” to sit behind a glass partition when viewing Parliamentary procedures. A … Continue reading
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French ban of veils
As probably many people know, last year the French Parliament passed a law that would ban full-face veils, because of “the damage it produces on those rules which allow the life in community, ensure the dignity of the person and … Continue reading
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