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Interesting inputs. Yes, nowhere in the Koran does it say that women must cover their heads. Yet, there are passages mentioning headscarves and cloting tips. But this is not the issue and many women, at least in France, wear a niqab (not a burqa) by choice. Of course, some are coerced to wear the niqab. Therfore, the question, in a democratic society, is to know who is coerced and who is not. Of course, choice and liberty are contrained by cultural, social, political and economic values (cf. Hegel and abstract freedom vs conrete freedom). In free and democratic societies people should be allowed to wear what they choose. Now, should people be allowed to walk in streets with their face covered and refuse to unveil themselves when necessary (schools, hospitals, banks, ID control, etc.)? This is a highly complex and controversial topic. Photos, sometimes, raise some serious issues.
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