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Originally Posted by Acajack
True to form he's now much more in favour of religious accommodation today than he used to be.
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So how often do you see veiled women in Montréal these days? In Paris there have never been as many veiled women as today, it's frankly frightening. Even in well-heeled neighborhoods with very little Muslim population. 20-something daughters of immigrants born in France who wear black robes and veil from head to toe. It's not only ugly, but it's also contrary to the culture of their parents (this black robe is a cultural import from Saudi Arabia, totally foreign to the countries from where most of these immigrant families come from).
I don't know what goes through the heads of these young women. It's like a cheap way to go to Heaven: you sin, you don't do your 4 or 5 daily prayers, you don't go to the Mosque, you don't do the zakat (mandatory almsgiving for any real Muslim believer), but you do the veil thing (which is not even a religious thing), so you'll get a free pass to Heaven even if you do none of the other things. It's a bit reminiscent of these Christians in the Middle Ages who bought indulgences from the Pope to go to Heaven, while sinning in everyday's life. It's also very similar to these people who are going to buy only organic food, or avoid meat, or even become full vegan, while at the same time smoking 10 or 20 cigarettes a day.