The hijab and/or niqab should be banned

Let's have some fun! R1: The Niqab Promotes Sexualization The first and foremost concern I have with the niqab, is the sexualization component of the veil. Quite literally, the Qu'ran forces women to wear this to look “modest” as it assumes that women have a responsibility to prevent themselves from being sexually assaulted, and that men are overly sexual in the first place. Only that it is simply not true, and highly dangerous. It plays into social stereotypes that are unfair to each gender. Women do not have a responsibility to not be sexually assaulted, that responsibility is on the perpetrator of the one doing the sexual assaulting who needs to cease. The idea that men want to bang everything that walks is also unfair. As such, the niqab furthers dangerous thinking that should be shunned, not perpetrated within a free and democratic society. It also means that women are no longer women. They become nothing more than sex objects by virtue of the sexualization in the first place. Source: . https://en.wikipedia.org... . http://www.al-islam.org... This dehumanizing promotion is correlated with increases in sexual assaults, rapes, depression rates increasing, eating disorders being enhanced, et cetera. Clearly, we do not want to further sexualize anyone. Source: . https://en.wikipedia.org... R2: If the Niqab was banned, its generally cool with Muslims Its important to remember that the Quran and Hedith (the two most important texts within Islam) only make hijabs compulsory. If the niqab was banned, that would be fine and not clash with anyone’s belief. The fact of the matter is the Quran gives exception to the wearer of the veil in circumstances beyond the wearers control. In fact, if one goes to Mecca, which each muslim is to attempt to go once within their lives, no one is allowed a face veil of any kind. Several Islamic countries themselves have also banned the veil, as the actual wearing of the Niqab is still heavily in debate among one another in the actual religion themselves. As such, if the Niqab is banned, what's the muslim suppose to do? They would be perfectly fine as this kind of requirement is normal within their own societies. We also would not be the first country to ban any sort of headgear. Turkey has banned them all for instance, and Trukey is Islamic. If they're able to do it, why not us as well? Sources: . https://en.wikipedia.org... . https://en.wikipedia.org... R3: Public Policy Isn't Always Rational, Sometimes it is Purely a Values PolicyI hold too that as a Western Society we value equality. As such, the niqab does not agree with a Western Democracies values. As such, because public policy decisions are sometimes made on the basis of values, instead of actual impacts, the Niqab ought to be banned. Western societies do not see women as second class citizens anymore, we have given womens suffrage and equality with the recognition of person-hood as a result. The Niqab, however, clearly does delegate the person to being a second class citizen by very nature of the dress. It not only erodes personal identity, but says that the identity beneath the clothing is sexual only. Something that western societies do not agree with Sources: . https://en.wikipedia.org..., . http://fordschool.umich.edu... R4: Illusion of Choice One council of muslim women claim that they wear the niqab out of religious obligation, and identity, however, they claim to not be pressured into wearing the clothing. Source: . http://www.thestar.com... The problem here is the fact that a Muslim women will never actually admit to wanting to not wear the niqab. While every situation is different, there is in fact clear pressure to wear the niqab anyways, despite it actually not being obligatory if the law were to prevent it. In fact, in the same report it claims that some women were “encouraged” to wear the niqab. .. let's see what encouragement can look like. .. In one case, a husband actually threatened to divorce his wife over not wearing the niqab alone. Divorce in Islam heavily favors the men, so this is a huge type of economic coercion, and uses psychological threats to leverage his position in an unfair manner. Source: . http://islamqa.info... Clearly, some women have no choice, which is why the law banning it makes more sense. At least that way no one is forced to wear it, and furthermore the practicers of Islam are not in trouble for failing to wear it, because the choice was beyond theirs to make. R5: Slippery Slopes, Slippery Slopes EVERYWHERE! My final argument is the consequences of not banning the Niqab. The problem is the race to fully conceal oneself will begin. If someone is wearing the niqab, and someone is wearing a hijab, should the two be compared? It happens in Muslim communities all the time, meaning that because someone is “less” covered, they are somehow “less” pure. It means that slippery slopes to imposing one value on one person begins to start values being imposed on all people. Something we don't believe in if freedom of choice is a value. For every story of someone dawning the niqab for personal preference, another comes out of coercion and beatings for taking it off. Some even have chemicals tossed in their faces for it as well. As much as this is a “slippery slope” the problem is it has happened, in Madani Free school in Derby, all women, not just Muslim women, must wear the veil. Source: . http://freethoughtblogs.com... . http://www.jihadwatch.org...Over to my opponent!