If you’re truly an advocate for women, at the very least you’d allow them to wear the clothes they want.
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And if you’re truly an advocate for religious freedom, you’d never ban a traditional religious practice that doesn’t impinge on anyone else’s rights.
How many of the women actually want to wear the burqa, and how many are forced to wear it? How long did it take Afghani women to shed it - until they were beaten back into submission? Back when I was a cab driver I had a couple regular customers who were Muslim. The husbands trusted me to transport their wives because I was always respectful. I never looked directly at them or spoke to them when picking them up or bringing them home. By the time I delivered them to their destination they would have shed their burqa and be wearing American style clothes. I had a Muslim neighbor. The few times the wives were allowed outside the husband was always near and the wore the burqa. When he was at work they wore American style clothes and often talked to me in the back yard. Wearing a burqa was not their choice.
The burqa is not a religious practice but a cultural practice. The Koran does not require it, only calling for women to dress modestly. A full length dress with long sleeves and a scarf covering the hair is all that is required. This is all that’s required in many Muslim countries - the Burqa is an Arab custom, not a religious requirement.