Originally Posted by Liljagare

Isn't France's opposition to the burka, now made law, essentially against the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights (ironically adopted in France)?

"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."

If you consider the burka as a representation of one's religious belief, than taking it away goes against this article. I guess the question would be, shouldn't muslim women have the democratic right to wear what they want just as the Western women have the right to wear miniskirts (and essentially these women being banned from the burka are Western women as well)? I wonder what would happen if there was a ban on immodesty honestly.