The government is likely to face difficult questions from the U.N. Human Rights Committee when it convenes in October and women across the country are already enraged. This move puts the country out of step with the majority of EU member states.
Forcing Muslim women to cover up can be a huge human rights violation; banning them from wearing the veil is problematic too, says Judith Sunderland in the collection of essays, “The Unfinished Revolution.” In this excerpt, she explains why.
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