Ban the Burqa - Claire Berlinski - National Review Online

Fine article by a writer who has been Istanbul-based since 2005, Dr. Claire Berlinski - Name even one society - anywhere on earth - either now or at any time - where [a] veiling of women was the norm but [b] where women had Equal Rights. or name any neighborhood where veiling was the norm but where unveiled women were not judged. To argue simply for absolute *religious freedom* is to operate in a complete historical and cultural vacuum. And the right to worship Baal gives you no right to sacrifice children to Baal. Ban the Burqa - Claire Berlinski - National Review Online