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b_b  ·  4395 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: One year after the french burqa-ban
I agree that its part of Islam now, but I reject the claim that God has commanded women, through the Koran, to be modest and cover themselves, mainly because it is not in the Koran (well, and that I think its pure bullshit to begin with, but that's not the point here). They are kidding themselves like Catholics kid themselves into believing that the Church hierarchy has anything whatsoever to do with the Bible. Here is a nice discussion about Islam and the veil. I don't know how authoritative it is, but it seems insightful.