Quote Originally Posted by Idaho View Post
I would say that has nothing to do with clothing. 100 years ago in this country women were considered chattels of their husbands - and they didn't have burkhas on. You are confusing two issues.
Removing the burkhas was often one of the things I wasn't allowed to do. And justifying today by drawing comparison with what we now consider unjustifiable hardly adds weight to your argument.

Quote Originally Posted by miotas View Post
You can't deny the second half of my post though.
They want to live here. I think that that it is fair to expect assimilation. If not, move on.

Hadiths? Aren't they the extra bits tacked on afterwards? In public I agree that there is not a right to restrict, but there should be in government buildings, offices, schools, hospitals etc.