This ban is a modern-day witch hunt
First published in NRC handelsblad on August 1 (in Dutch)
By banning the burka, the Dutch state is imposing its own view of what is right for Muslim women, write Berna Toprak and Nawal Mustafa on behalf of S.P.E.A.K. The feminist principle of women’s autonomy over their own bodies is now at risk.
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