Morgaine over at The-Goddess has posted a thought-provoking piece on the Muslim veil: "The Veil - Religious Expression or Patriarchal Repression?"
"...[I]f a culture decided it was going to keep any other group - like blacks or Jews - swathed in burkas or veils, the world would never tolerate it. Yet women are consistently subjected to genital mutilation and to being hidden behind veils, burkas and even painted windows in Taliban country. Why do we, as supposedly enlightened Westerners, tolerate it? Our government has never imposed sanctions on a country for imprisoning its women or carving them up...."
Read more at The-Goddess.
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