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Odious Rags
Tunisia's first president was a man named Habib Bourguiba. He called the veil an "odious rag" and the government today discourages it strongly. Turkey (and Azerbaijan, I think) is similar in this regard.
I'm continually amazed that these issues even exist. Why do women want to wear those things? "Modesty" does not mean covering up your entire hair and then some! Why did an realier post refer to their religion as "empowering?" Religion doesn't empower anybody; it fools, it deludes, and it kills critical thinking. Sam Harris is right when he says that those of us who are not religious have a hard time understanding that people really do believe in this stuff.