Letter to Editor written to Mississauga News
As I read the recent comments made by Laurence Rossignol, France’s Minister for Women’s Rights, about Muslim women who veil being likened to slaves; I was left heartbroken. Firstly, because she will never know the repercussions that her comment will have, on Muslim women all around the world, particularly in France. France has already made it seemingly impossible for Muslim women to practice their faith without the fear of being judged, mocked and even punished. Muslim women who choose to veil are doing so with the conscious intention of being judged based solely on her personality, character and contributions to society. If Laurence Rossignol would take a step back and appreciate this, she would realize that these goals aren’t unique to Muslim women; these are the goals that all women strive for. In a world where women are constantly objectified and made to feel that their worth is based on how they look, Laurence Rossignol, as a minister of women’s rights, should not be telling women what or what not to wear. If a woman is free to expose her body, why is she not free to cover it? If you ask me, or the thousands of Muslim women who choose to veil, refusing to fall victim to a society who time and again reaffirms that a woman’s value is based on her sexuality and physical appearance, is truly a thing of strength. #BraveNotSlave
Published by The Mississauga News on April 15, 2016:
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