“Emancipation can only come from within; it cannot be dictated by someone else. A law banning the wearing of headscarves changes nothing, except perhaps external appearance. Naturally, Islamic feminism must also include the right to education, to work and the freedom to select one's own husband.” LawFeminismHusbandAppearanceIslamicSelectEmancipationExternal AppearanceHeadscarves Author:Tariq Ramadan
“My own daughters weren't able to study in Turkey because of their headscarves, so they went to the United States.” StatesAbleMy OwnUnitedUnited StatesStudyDaughterTurkeysHeadscarves Author:Recep Tayyip Erdogan
“Non-Western immigrants, often Muslims, are over-represented in statistics of crime, of dependency on social benefits, that we have honour killings, that we have genital mutilation, that we have streets where women with headscarves and burqas are not the exception any more. And that it's getting worse.” SocialStreetsCrimeBenefitsWesternKillingExceptionImmigrantsStatisticsHonourDependencyMutilationBurqaHeadscarves Author:Geert Wilders
“I'm opposed to wearing headscarves in public places. That's not France. There's something I just don't understand: the people who come to France, why would they want to change France, to live in France the same way they lived back home?” PeopleWayWantHomeFranceBack HomeHeadscarves Author:Marine Le Pen
“The real question is how much suffering we've caused our womenfolk by turning headscarves into symbols - and using women as pawns in a political game.” RealPoliticalSufferingGamesSymbolsPawnsReal QuestionsPolitical GamesHeadscarves Book:Snow Source: Snow