Well, if the veil pre-dates Islam, then Johnson isn't being anti-Muslim, he's being anti-Arab.
And I really, REALLY doubt the claim that many Muslim women go veiled because 'they want to appear modest'. I think it's much more likely that they go veiled because their patriarchal society is mind-wobblingly insecure.
Boru
And I really, REALLY doubt the claim that many Muslim women go veiled because 'they want to appear modest'. I think it's much more likely that they go veiled because their patriarchal society is mind-wobblingly insecure.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson