‘The covered woman is marked as protected; the uncovered woman as available. The command to veil is underwritten by the doctrine of fitna, which treats the female body as an inherently sinful object of lust that must be hidden so that men are not led astray. The veil, then, marks a woman as private and restricted property. When young Muslim girls begin to veil, they are being groomed for docility. There is nothing empowering or liberating about donning the hijab. It is an act of submission.’

Can you really be surprised that a group of Palo Alto parents who revile the thought of their daughters as docile submissives are suing? A group of Jewish, Hindu, and Zoroastrian parents share the sentiment of millions of Iranian women that the hijab is unacceptable, and they wonder why their daughters were instructed to wear […]