A headscarf ban is intended to protect girls, strengthen their freedom and promote integration. That sounds like a clear political signal. But that is precisely the mistake of thinking. A signal is not yet a solution. And freedom, which begins with a ban, carries a remarkable contradiction in itself. Of course, we must not look away when girls are forced to wear a headscarf. Religious, family or social pressure has lost as little as...
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A headscarf ban is intended to protect girls, strengthen their freedom and promote integration. That sounds like a clear political signal. But that is precisely the mistake of thinking. A signal is not yet a solution. And freedom, which begins with a ban, carries a remarkable contradiction in itself. Of course, we must not look away when girls are forced to wear a headscarf. Religious, family or social pressure has lost as little as...