Should schools ban face coverings such as the burqa and niqab?
Italy's Council of Ministers approved a decree banning face coverings including the burqa and niqab in schools and capping certain foreign pupils at 30% of first-year classes.
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Face coverings for women is not a religious requirement of the Quran, it is a social convention among some Islamic groups. Same with female genital mutilation.
THIS face-covering is forbidden...THAT face-covering is mandatory...it's about conformity and control, if they gave a rat's ass about public safety they'd have 1,001 higher priorities. “The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.” ― Albert Camus
If you say yes, does that mean gyms and airports should ban them too, or is a classroom different and why?