.... This isn't a theoretical concern. The British press broke the news a few years ago that several private Muslim schools in Britain require female students to cover up from head to toe when they're dismissed from class.
As Tory MP Sarah Wollaston put it in a Telegraph op-ed Sunday, it would be "naive to think that a thirteen year old would have complete freedom to reject family or peer group pressure."
Muslims in Europe enjoy a level of religious toleration that Christians, to say nothing of Jews, could only dream of in most of the Islamic world. Underlying the veil debate is the lingering question that many would rather not ask openly, which is whether those who demand tolerance in the name of Islam would extend the same tolerance in return. [The Wall Street Journal, 18 September] Read more
