[MD] What is the intellectual argument about Islamic veil wearing?

[Heather Perella]

     [Platt]
As for the proposed law to ban an Islamic religious
law requiring women who are subjugated to wear veils I
am all for it. Purely religious edicts are always
suspect to the intellectual level.

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     What is the intellectual debate about Islamic
veil wearing?  So far, as I've skipped a lot of these
nude Isalmic veil wearing posts, I haven't seen what
the intellectual debate is.  I know you want a law
banning veil wearing, but I know law to be on the
social level, yet, I also know the making of laws
occur on the intellectual level with debates,
thoughtful approaches with reasons (when it comes to
western law).  Any attorney would need an intellectual
foothold to convince any judge and jury, and the
legislatures need a good intellectual argument as well
to convince other legislatures.  This is not a simple
cause I want it to be a law.  I'm seriously curious as
to what the intellectual story is behind this veil
wearing debate, as I said I didn't read and follow the
posts that covered this topic last month.

Thanks,
SA



 
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