“When, as it happened in France, an attempt is made to coerce women out of burqa rather than creating a situation in which a woman can choose what she wishes to do, it is not liberating her, but about unclothing her. It becomes an act of humiliation and cultural imperialism.It’s not about burqa. Its about coercion. Coercing a woman out of burqa is as bad as coercing her into it.”
Arundhati Roy
Indian writer and human rights activist
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