Ph.D. in Public Law | Researcher in Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Human Rights, Religious Freedom & Civil Liberties in France, Europe, & North America | Opinions my own | Team Chocolatine.
Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D.
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We have already seen (keep seeing) this dynamic in France: anti-Muslim policies justified in the language of “neutrality” or “public order” 'laïcité" progressively become broader restrictions affecting everyone else.
But because the restriction was drafted broadly, it now also bans other garments such as UV-protective swimwear worn for medical or health reasons🫠.
A measure politically aimed at Muslim women is presented as “neutral,” yet its real purpose remains obvious. And once such exceptional restrictions are normalized against one minority, they inevitably expand beyond their original target (and affect everybody).
Anti-Muslim racism never remains limited to its initial target. Once fundamental freedoms become conditional for one group, they become weaker for everyone.
Why anyone would do that? Who in their right mind would use such a feature? What's next? Connecting ChatGPT to your medical record?
#Academia going South episode 878978998789798:. y'all, we are stuck in the Bad Place. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Summer is coming, so is the anti-burkini season! Geneva has adopted rules in public swimming pools prohibiting covering swimwear, officially as part of the campaign against the burkini. www.20min.ch/fr/story/gen...
