• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    The government dictating what I can and cannot wear is infinitely more problematic than a religion doing the same. I can quit a religion if I don’t like their rules. I cannot “quit” the government.

    The hijab ban is evidence of excessive governmental intrusion on the individual.

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      4 months ago

      Uhh many religions will straight up murder you for quitting.

      Maybe not in a secular western country, but else where yeah good luck quitting.

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        4 months ago

        How can a religion murder a person? States can impose laws that allow or even mandate murder for you quitting the religion, but that’s another instance of a state telling you what to do and what not to do just in a much more extreme fashion.

        As for a religion justifying the killing for quitting, well, that still depends on a jurisdiction where the killing would be allowed by the state.

        Anyway, I think your comment is derailing a bit because in the case of France it is not allowed to kill in the name of any religion, but it is forbidden to practice your religion freely if you’re a Muslim.