So what's wrong with wearing a veil? Does it have to do with separating religion from public affairs or does it have to do with that anyone who moves to country X should assimilate or try to follow the customs of country X?
Is the wearing of a veil something forced upon Muslim women or a choice that she makes? It's hard to say because I don't know what goes on with their lives even though I did live with some back when I used to live in an all girls dormitory (I still don't know everything). From the girls I know from when I lived there a couple of them do not wear a veil in public but at the same time dress modestly in western style clothing. One girl would not cover her head while she was in the house but when she went out of the house she would wear a headscarf that ranges from a small bandana to a full on hijab, but most of the time she would wear it in the style of a headwrap. Kinda like this:
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Anyways I don't really see a problem with a woman wearing a veil. It's her choice because she is religious and reserves herself for only her immediate family and her religion, maybe seen her mother and other female relatives wear one and accepts it as normal, or maybe her female family members don't wear a veil but makes it her choice to wear one. But what seems to be going on in France to me is that everyone should conform to a westernized lifestyle. Anyone who moves to a new country or a new location of course will have to adapt to the lifestyle but you can't expect them to fully assimilate and become like everyone else (yet somehow it can be done with the kids).
So the law bans full-face veils. Does this affect just Muslim women or anyone who decides to cover up their face? In the western world where we are allowed freedom of expression this seems unwestern like.
Also on a side note here, I think niqabs look pretty cool
