In the Muslim world, preventing women from being seen by men is closely linked to the concept of Namus
Namus is an ethical category, a virtue, in Middle Eastern Muslim patriarchal character. It is a strongly gender-specific category of relations within a family described in terms of honor, attention, respect/respectability, and modesty. The term is often translated as "honor"
It is oppressive. The comparison of a beard to a cloth prison is not the best one.
But at least it legitimizes a fear of outsiders.
It legitimizes fear of extremists...a full Burka is extremist and fucking weird...in any sense of it.
I don't think being weird is a terribly good reason for banning something. Amish people are extreme, but there is no need to ban overly long beards
Namus
In the Muslim world, preventing women from being seen by men is closely linked to the concept of Namus
Namus is an ethical category, a virtue, in Middle Eastern Muslim patriarchal character. It is a strongly gender-specific category of relations within a family described in terms of honor, attention, respect/respectability, and modesty. The term is often translated as "honor"
It is oppressive. The comparison of a beard to a cloth prison is not the best one.
EDIT: source wiki