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The mask is usually worn when there is either an announcement of epidemics OR the wearer is suffering from some aerially transferable disease or the wearer suffers from something serious like Asthma whereby pollution would be very dangerous for his or her health. There is no religious implication here. Medical masks when supplied are asked a reason for wearing.
You missed the whole point. The wearer decides when they want to wear the mask. Whether it's for health reasons, hypochondria or 'just for kicks'. I can guarantee you that there are more people in France and Italy walking around with these masks than there are women wearing the burqa.
If the sanctimonious crowd wants to justify the burqa ban on legitimate grounds, then all the arguments apply to the face mask also.
There might be a small variety of such people I don't deny it, but usually this is a line used by Muslim ultras to portray themselves as victims for everything and then gain exemptions in the name of "offended" and "oppressed"
You don't see laws banning the Sikh turban, or the Hindu tika. No country has passed laws restricting the contruction of Hindu temples, so it's a little sanctimonious for non-Muslims to lecture Muslims about how to react. My whole point with the facemask is to expose the hypocrisy -- the ban is not about security at all. Its only purpose is to demonize and stigmatize Muslim women.
They are a very tiny minority who want to wear it, mate. There are a lot of Muslims we come across who privately agree not wanting to wear it but are 99% forced to wear it.
We don't know the actual figures and, in any case, they are irrelevant. The point is that no woman should be forced to wear or discard her dress choice because some xenophobes can't handle it. Just because these women are a tiny minority doesn't mean their rights can be violated.
This is largely applicable to all Islamic countries
Ah yes, the old standy: "If they don't like it, they should leave". By your logic, Sikhs should stop wearing the turban, Hindus should stop putting the tika, and everybody should shed all symbols of their previous culture just in case it might offend the sensibilities of some European.
The point is that the xenophobes don't like all non-white immigrants. They are only attacking the Muslims because it is politically acceptable to do so. Don't believe for one second that they are any more welcoming to other migrants.