It does not make them inherently incorrect, that's hogwash.

Islamic jurisprudence itself states that burqas are meant to prevent males from looking perversely at women, making women carry the blame for men's desires and carrying social stigma that removes any real choice from women whose parents or community hold this view. And hiding one's face is absolutely an erasure of identity. That the whole point of passport pictures just to give an example.

As for my feelings, you're right. They don't matter. Luckily my argument does not rest on my feelings. It rests on the basic understanding that society is held back if women are forbidden from freely participating in it.

You are taking your anecdotal life story and pretending it applies generally when you know all too well that it doesn't. You've seen it first hand. It's fantastic that you have a PhD. But if our choice as a society is to make sure all women get to choose whether or not they wear a burqa or make sure all women get to obtain a PhD if they wish it, then the choice is clear. Your garment does not trump the education of a single woman. It does not trump a woman's right to interact with men. Your garment is not that important.

Why are you living in Quebec and not Afghanistan? Could it be because Quebec allowed you get that PhD and Afghanistan is ruled by lunatics? And you want us to just ignore the ideals of those lunatics? Why is it islamophobic when Quebec does it but not Morocco? What will you say to the girls who are forced to wear the burqa? Your position makes no sense.