Abaixo de Cão to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 2 years agoFrance to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schoolswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up10external-linkFrance to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schoolswww.bbc.comAbaixo de Cão to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square118fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareradixlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-22 years agoIs it a bad idea for me, a non-religious person, to wear one in solidarity? (As well as for privacy, sun protection, etc.) (I do not live in France.)
minus-squaredennylinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoI fail to see why not. It’s just a dress. You shall wear whatever resonates with you.
minus-square@Llewellyn@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoIt’s not just a dress, unfortunately. It’s a dress, strongly associated with female oppressive rules of Islam.
minus-square@hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoI have been in some pagan veiling online circles and have discovered that a lot of non-Muslims use Muslim-style veils and it usually is not considered offensive, so I think that it would be okay for an irreligious person to use one.
Is it a bad idea for me, a non-religious person, to wear one in solidarity? (As well as for privacy, sun protection, etc.)
(I do not live in France.)
I fail to see why not. It’s just a dress. You shall wear whatever resonates with you.
It’s not just a dress, unfortunately. It’s a dress, strongly associated with female oppressive rules of Islam.
I have been in some pagan veiling online circles and have discovered that a lot of non-Muslims use Muslim-style veils and it usually is not considered offensive, so I think that it would be okay for an irreligious person to use one.