Wednesday, May 23, 2012

4/17/11, Letter to Editor, The New York Times

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The French Ban on Wearing a Full-Face Veil in Public
By: Azhar Hussein

What do the French and the Taliban have in common? They both force women to dress a certain way.

Restricting the right to wear a niqab, or any other type of nonrevealing clothing, infringes on freedoms of religion, conscience and thought. These are the same freedoms that some terrorist organizations restrict. The anti-niqab law is an infraction of the right of Muslim women to observe their religious beliefs.

I, as a Muslim American, appreciate America’s tradition of proudly protecting and promoting the right to practice and display one’s religion however one chooses. It makes me proud to be an American.

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