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I read this book a couple years back, written by a French feminist, on the issue of the burqa and islamaphobia. I highly recommend it.
https://www.versobooks.com/books/1929-separate-and-dominate
I myself am no fan of religion and nor do I believe anyone has the right to opress women by forcing them to wear something they don't want to. But I'm always confused that people don't see that banning the burqa and removing a woman's right to wear something, something she chooses to wear, is also a form of oppression.
So many reasonable people seem to have fallen for the narrative that all Muslim women are controlled by the men in their lives. Which is probably understandable after what, nearly two decades of the media and politicians villifying Islam.
TL;DR Boris Johnson and his team know exactly what they're doing with that article and he'll probably be ruling this hateful little island soon enough.
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none of which takes into account women that choose to wear it as an expression of their faith.
johnson is a fucking crybully. He wasn't aiming to help oppressed Muslim women, he was feeding the fear and demonstrating his overt prejudice.