Marine Le Pen refuses to wear headscarf for meeting with Lebanon's Grand Mufti

[Associate Justice PiT]

what a cheap shot and she even got all the headlines she wanted.

would a saudi woman, who stand her ground and wore her - illegal - niqab in some western countries, get the same buzz?

     If she wishes to do so then I would support her just as I support Le Pen's choice here, but I think it is worth noting that in some Muslim countries women don't actually have the right to appear in public without the appropriate covering. It's an important detail that many of the people trying to appropriate the hijab as a feminist symbol don't realize.

[Associate Justice PiT]

what a cheap shot and she even got all the headlines she wanted.

would a saudi woman, who stand her ground and wore her - illegal - niqab in some western countries, get the same buzz?

     If she wishes to do so then I would support her just as I support Le Pen's choice here, but I think it is worth noting that in some Muslim countries women don't actually have the right to appear in public without the appropriate covering. It's an important detail that many of the people trying to appropriate the hijab as a feminist symbol don't realize.

It's also an important detail that the hijab was used as a symbol of solidarity between women during the Iranian Revolution. Everything has its own context.

     Used by the supporters of the revolution? Given that it was a religious conservative movement, that actually doesn't surprise me at all. Indeed, context is critically important here.