Angela Merkel calls for full-face veil ban in Germany

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LadyJasmine said:

scrapking said:
Let me get this straight... we're worried that men are making women wear veils, so we make them not wear them? How is that any kind of a solution? All these people saying to ban them, do you live in North Korea or something? Or aspire to that kind of government? Be careful what you wish for, you just might get a government that starts telling you what YOU can and can't do about inconsequential things too. Not a precedent I'm excited to set.

If you knew anything about the backwardiness of the culture who would realize it more then just men forcing thier wife to wear a veil.

I have a secular female friend who moved to the West from Egypt, but who still has sisters and cousins in Egypt who didn't wear headgear in the past but have recently started doing so because of social pressure (particularly when the Muslim Brotherhood was in charge). She has shared a lot of her observations with me. I don't profess to be an expert, but I object to your assertion that I know nothing about the cultural underpinnings.