Non-Muslim women who don't wear the veil find offensive the notion that a woman must cover her face let alone wear a burka, in my experience. I can't remember the last time I sought opinion from men on the subject. I also find the notion pretty offensive, and believe Muslim women do not have the intellectual emancipation to express a strong view in any numbers, ie it is a given that men dominate in those matters, and non-Muslims who find a veil so alienating can thus believe that they are doing the sisters a favour however much against their will. Anyway those who argue for it cite a religious mandate, it is not my place to argue against them and I couldn't support a legal ban. I appreciate that women who want to dress that way should be entitled to do so.

I don't know if I would love or hate wearing a mask. I don't like talking to someone in a mask and believe employers when hiring should be free to take that into account. I also believe in reform of a great deal of employment law that overburdens productive companies with staff and payouts they did not bargain for; the niqab might not be top priority but its provenance and compatibility with public service are open to question in my book.

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Personally I think there would be way more muslim families who would question the women wearing a face veil than those that demand it - the latter is not something that can realistically be enforced. as soon as the woman is out the house, or in an environment of her choosing, she would remove it, just like how some who are told to cover their hair remove their headscarves as soona as they get to school/college/uni/work.

I do not think ther would be many cases of enforcement (and many more where the families would question why she is deciding to cover her face) and the idea that it is something that is often enforced is a false one in most cases.