(September 6, 2016 at 11:16 am)Tiberius Wrote: 1) The husband might insist they wear the burqa anyway, thus forcing the wife to break the law. Given that they believe they are following "God's law", I don't find this scenario hard to believe.
2) The husband may force the wife to stay at home to avoid being in public while wearing the burqa. This would limit the contact the wife has with other people, and limit her chances at reporting the abuse.
There's a third reason I pointed out before. The ones wearing that garb wether voluntarily or by coercing are named and shamed in public by police forces ripping their cloths off.
And make no mistake, this isn't an altruistic move in the name of women's liberation. If it was, they would enforce it on orthodox jews and christians also. Which won't happen, since they aren't on the receiving end of populous rage right now.