I had to
groan when the BBC newsreader a couple of weeks back announced that there was a
renewed dispute over the hijab, the ‘Muslim
headscarf’. As though that were news, having been a bone of contention in
Western societies for years now.
The way
Muslim women dress seems to be of immense interest to some people to the point
of fetishism. Remember the row about the ‘burkini’? There was a furore in France when women and
girls were being accosted by police on some beaches for wearing this bathing outfit.
