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Originally Posted by Punjabee in USA
Its not the question of regulating clothing. Its a bigger question about an entity/organization/country's right to make laws & rules that apply to every one who wants to live/study/work there.
This issue is no different than the Muslim guy who went to court because his Catholic school had a rule saying students should be clean shaven and he wanted to keep a beard.
Or the guy in US (Minnesota) who wanted to a break from work ( Fortune 500 Corporation) 5 times a day because he wanted to pray.
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There's a difference between the rights of private organizations and national governments.
You want to ban hejab in your Catholic school, or enforce it in your Islamic school...go right ahead, that's your right as a private organization. Students who aren't willing to comply with the dress code are more than welcome to go to a public school. It's an entirely different situation when the government outright bans (or mandates) certain forms of dress.
As for the people pointing to Iran and Saudi Arabia's dress codes as justification...those countries are theocracies, and have no delusions of being liberal, secular societies. They are also notorious for their repressive laws and poor human rights records. If that is the model to which France and Western Europe now aspire, then that's just pathetic.