It's a hijah

You can do all kinds of stuff with it

In india, that's how pakistani terrorists steal bomb materials

banning the hijab is the same as enforcing the hijab

They're still telling people what they can't wear. Just because it doesn't harm you doesn't mean it's not right.

I can't support either

It's not just an article of clothing though

It gives you the option to cover your face

It is still an article of clothing.

Should we ban scarfs then?

And hide your identity in public

If it was the chaddar being banned, I wouldn't agree with that

If we're just banning anything that can be used to conceal your identity we're not going to have much left.

Let me see if Denmark gave any explanation

I can't support banning or supporting either, unless in conjunction of committing another crime (like US mask laws)

The thing that should be banned is anyone forcing people to wear it.

The law states it allows you to cover your face under reasonable circumstances

Nice and vague.

I want a reasonable expectation of privacy in public

https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/31/denmark-passes-law-banning-burqa-and-niqab

@CreativeRealms You'd have to ban muslims for that

It's not systematically enforced, it's culturally enforced

If they can’t assimilate then they should be banned.

The only way to ensure they're choosing to wear it, is to raise them away from other muslims

where? in the middle east? They are theocracies

Being pressured into something isn't the same thing as being forced

Exactly

I’d argue that there are plenty of cases where it’s forced.

Not really

Don’t people get acid thrown at them for not covering up?

Except in theocracies

There are. Places where it can be dangerous not to wear hijab.

@CreativeRealms Yeah, that is "pressured"

So replace forced with pressured.

You really don't consider a difference between someone being told "you should do this" and being shamed for not doing so and someone being violently attacked for not doing so?

That's the thing, it's culturally enforced by other members of the community

It's why women from theocracies like iran are ripping off their burkhas

this is a circular argument if you can't agree on the venue, is this denmark, the US, or the middle east?

Denmark

You're acting as though it's the same in every case. In some cases you get killed, and in others you're just shamed.

Middle East it's legally enforced