#anti-islam
Freedom of belief is only true freedom of belief when it’s fashionable. It’s the take-off point for every double-standard that exists in the public sphere, now increasingly apparent with Muslim women’s right to exercise their personal ideologies - and, jarringly enough, their modesty. Headscarves have become an inflammatory topic in most political circles, and what was once a benign form of self-expression has become the scapegoat for most far right- and refracted left-wing tin-foil hatters. It’s not a startling development,…