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Originally Posted by kipperfan
Problem is, when we let "Muslims be Muslim" we aren't giving Muslim women a chance to even be people! I am of the opinion that in progressive democratic societies (such as France, Canada, etc.) we have a responsibility to stand up for all of our citizens, despite what "god" they may pray to.
These people want to be "Muslim" and degradate the rights of 50% of society? No problem, they can head back to Afghanistan or whatever 3rd world hell hole they crawled out of anytime they'd like.
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What many people seem to not notice is that they are making huge, sweeping, blanket generalizations of a very large group of people based on the actions of a very small minority of them.
In my time as a teacher, I have probably taught/spent time with hundreds of Muslims. Not a single one was covered with a burqa. That's a pretty decent sample size. I would say approximately half, if not fewer, of the Muslim girls I taught were wearing the head scarves, and they were certainly all above the age where it would be deemed appropriate.
Before I get painted as some kind of religious fanatic/anti-atheist, I would love to highlight that I agree with the burqa ban, but to characterize the entire group of Muslim people as being willfully degrading to half of their population is a pretty big (and pretty ugly, if you ask me) generalization.
Don't mean to come off as 'on the attack', but there seems to be a lot of misinformation/misunderstanding in this thread on the issue of hijab/burqa.