"Saudi school books feature women’s photos for the first time."

"Although the women appearing in photos in the books are veiled, the step is still regarded as a major change since only drawings of wo...

Today's protesters "have no understanding of civil disobedience."

Says Matthew Knee: To far too many young leftists, “civil disobedience” is a get-out-of-jail-free card that should allow people to break the...

It's now 5 months since France banned the full-face veil.

How's that going? Kenza Drider, a 32-year-old mother of three, was famously bold enough to appear on French television to oppose the law...

Deceptive Daily News headline: "Muslims, police scuffle at Rye Playland over amusement park's head scarf ban."

Did Rye Playland have a head scarf ban? One woman, Entisai Ali, began arguing with cops over the amusement park's head scarf, or hijab,...

I'm Bloggingheadsing with Dahlia Lithwick... and it's all about law.

The episode is titled "Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter" — which is the title of the Tina Turner song I pointed at in my post ab...

The city of Barcelona has respected "the right of the citizenry to nudism."

( NYT link .) It has put out a brochure called “Expressing Yourself in Nudity,” with photos of naked people walking in the streets and parks...

Under the new French law, there's a fine of $216 for wearing a full-face veil, and a $43,000 fine and 1-year jail sentence for forcing someone else to wear one.

The fine is doubled for forcing a minor to cover up. You can see from the structure of the punishment that the government's intent is t...

Saving women from sexist oppression/taking away their religious freedom.

France bans the veil:

"He asked if he could be a part of our religion for a day, just so he could see my face, just so he could go back (to the police station) and say, 'no it wasn't Elizabeth Smart.'"

Elizabeth Smart testified about the time a police officer, deferential to religion, missed saving her.

"It's a medieval symbol, a symbol against women."

Says Dutch VP Geert Wilders explaining the criminalization of traditional Islamic dress: The Dutch government will announce over the next fe...