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How Muslim Veils Are Like Porn

How Muslim Veils Are Like Porn

April 7, 2010 14 Comments

On one hand you have a naked woman being filmed having explicit sex. On the other you have a Muslim woman wearing a face veil shopping in Paris. What do they have in common? They are both participating in the degradation of women, at least in theory.

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