Awhile ago, I said on this blog that I wasn’t going to cover the big-ass burqa story going on in India, because so much of it is in fact motivated by bigotry; but I’ll make an exception for this exceptionally stupid statement by an Indian politician. As one of many amused Twitter responders puts it:
If Burqa … is “essential” for Islam, then how can it also be by choice for Muslim women?
February 18th, 2020 at 11:35AM
We needed to put a burqa over Harvey Weinstein…