.... That is also why, from the other side of the debate, Tariq Modood’s insistence that people should be required ‘to show respect’ towards all cultural mores, and that public arrangements be adapted to accommodate them, is so problematic: it is an approach that eviscerates both civil society and the idea of freedom.
The corollary to the right to wear the burqa is the right, indeed in my eyes the obligation, to challenge the practice of wearing it.
[A COMMENT] Religious apologist. My right to live in a secure free society overrides your right to wear a mask in public. [openDemocracy] Read more
