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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:00 AM

The veil vs. French values

A Muslim woman is denied citizenship -- some say because she wears the niqab.
Tracy Clark-Flory

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  • Tuesday, July 22, 2008 09:22 PM

    Who said it was her husband?

    I'd look at her mother, mother-in-law, sisters, and aunts first. They're far more likely to have influenced her "choice". Again, think about American women and who really influences the "choices" the majority just happen to make. The husband is usually a deer-in-the-headlights compared with the overwhelming tsunami of pressure a woman gets from her (and his) women relatives.

    —Claire Fontaine Read Claire Fontaine's other letters

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