Laws banning Muslim women from wearing face-covering veils are largely in line with Western European attitudes on the issue: https://t.co/FE0OwU6hIi pic.twitter.com/yLVMAaNsBB
— Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) September 17, 2018
% of non-Muslims who say Muslim women who live in their country should be allowed to wear any religious clothing of their choosing:
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 18%
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 20
🇧🇪 Belgium: 19
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🇫🇮 Finland: 44
🇸🇪 Sweden: 49
🇵🇹 Portugal: 52https://t.co/rYnHcfvJE2 pic.twitter.com/SixiEblGPU— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) September 17, 2018
Even among Western Europeans who express willingness to accept Muslims in their families, most favor at least some restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing: https://t.co/FE0OwU6hIi pic.twitter.com/a8RbEIyJfR
— Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) September 17, 2018
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Women in Western countries used to wear such things in the past also in puritanic manner not so long ago. As a sign of liberation from dogmatical and patriarchal ethical codes such clothing is out of time today fortunately!