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Re:The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity by rayiner on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:19AM (#24788301)
In moderate Muslim countries, and in the west, wearing hijab is intermediate in voluntariness. Like wearing ankle-length skirts in the 1950s in the US. In Bangladesh, where I’m from, it went from pretty much non-existent to being very common, as the export of middle eastern culture happens throughout the Islamic world. Nobody will send you to jail for not wearing it, but there is a lot of cultural pressure. I don’t like it, because I’d rather see Bangladesh lean into its Anglo heritage than its Islamic one, but that doesn’t justify making it illegal in a developed country. Even among conservatives in the US, the vast majority oppose banning hijab.

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