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Should the West Ban the Burqa? by Phyllis Chesler Fox News June 5, 2010 http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/789/should-west-ban-burqa Send Comment RSS Share: Excerpt: Early in June, Iran denounced European "intolerance" vis-à-vis the burqa. But is this true? Many Muslims have come to the West in search of freedom and modernity; others have not. Controversy is inevitable. Islamist leaders believe that the West must "tolerate" the practice of gender apartheid as a "religious" right. Western leaders have condemned the Islamic veil as a sign of hostility to Western ways and as a refusal to integrate. Muslim and ex-Muslim feminists and secularists have condemned the veil as a violation of women's human rights and claim that it is not a religious requirement. Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Islamic Gender & Religious Apartheid
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