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France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I fail to see why not. It's just a dress. You shall wear whatever resonates with you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

It's not just a dress, unfortunately. It's a dress, strongly associated with female oppressive rules of Islam.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

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.