Belgian committee votes for full Islamic veil ban

[DanaC]

But it is how women of those particular tribes/sects express their modesty, which very much is a religious matter.

I think it's ridiculous and utterly counter productive. The veil has become more and more symbolic of a moslem identity within the western secular world. Even amongst women whose mothers never wore one. Young moslem women are taking to the veil in droves, precisely because it is becoming so fraught and full of meaning.

If we actually wanted moslem women to stop wearing the veil we'd have been better off ('we' being the West) just fucking ignoring it.