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A few months ago, when cities in france were establishing that new law forbidding to wear muslim clothes at beaches, and the media were reporting that story of the muslim woman who wore a burkini at the beach of Nice and was forced by the police to take off some clothes, I read a funny yet true comment; I don't remember the exact wording, but it was something along the lines of:

"First we were offended by the nakedness of the "uncivilized savages" and forced them to put clothes on and dress modestly (referring to the days of colonialism etc.), now we are offended by their modesty and force them to put their clothes off."