Most liberal-minded people will welcome Damian Green’s declaration that the coalition has no plans to follow France’s lead and ban the burka. “I stand personally on the feeling that telling people what they can and can’t wear, if they’re just walking down the street, is a rather un-British thing to do,” he says in today’s Telegraph. “We’re a tolerant and mutually respectful society.”
However, there’s a very good reason why liberals should favour a ban, namely, that the burka is both a symbol and a source of the oppression of Muslim women. [telegraph.co.uk] Read more
