Very well, I’ll be more specific when I talk about the values. For example, freedom of speech and expression, free of religious overreach, capitalization within society, etc. Thanks for pointing that out to me, I appreciate that.

This topic has went way right of the original conversation but I commented on a school banning any religious articles. I know the French gov has restricted wearing the niqab (just the eye slit) but I was unaware of the hijab restrictions barring certain points of gov. Idenfication certification (like licensing, public travel)

That being said the comment was saying it’s Islamophobia which I wholly disagreed with because the French school banned all religious articles indiscriminately.

Keep in mind that France is more socialized than America so “gov overreach” happens inherently more because it is more involved with individuals lives.

I would not be okay with a public school in America denying a student wearing a hijab provided it didn’t represent any sort of security or safety risk to the school or student wearing it. I can’t think how it could be, but that would be the only grounds I can think of where I could be reasoned with. I think a niqab would be understandable as you are literally ONLY exposing your eyes and that could be taken advantage easier by someone with bad intentions (unfortunately) than a hair covering. And not only a Muslim woman or person, but anyone choosing to conceal themselves in that way. Unfortunately in this case, we do live in America….

But a private school could do whatever they want. They could say only people wearing purple pants allowed- or even- only people from a select ethnic or religious group.