tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179889273246968838.post5713937417919611443..comments2023-06-29T12:24:56.041+00:00Comments on nickleberry: On the Veilnickleberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761062811387660139noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179889273246968838.post-82320671768062033062006-12-31T02:35:00.000+00:002006-12-31T02:35:00.000+00:00Couldn't agree more - its for Muslim women to deci...Couldn't agree more - its for Muslim women to decide.<br /><br />I think central to the idea of democracy is the right to make bad choices.<br /><br />There is an interesting parrallel I think with the black power movement in the US. After long years of repression, being told they were inferior, etc they didn't respond by saying we are the same but by asserting strongly that what they were was good<br /><br />Black and proud<br /><br />I think the veil is part of that - if you vilify someone for their race / religion some may reject their roots but others the ideas will become more entrenched - deepening the hold of Islam over what was a secularising section of society.<br /><br />Although that's off the top of my head so there may be some flaws in thereJim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.com