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On one side, some Muslims, feminists and those known as regressive leftists claim that the criticism of hijab, or any attempt to ban it, is racist and is an attack on the fundamental freedom of women. On the other side, another group of Muslims, feminists, libertarians and secularists attempt to address the question of hijab as contradictory to secular values and contradictory to women’s liberation, given its sexist significance.
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Manifestations of religious symbols in the public sphere are dividing society through the demands of different identities and the claims of belonging to a certain community. In this way, we create more minorities in our society which, by definition, destroys the idea of all being equal. Our religious and ethnic identities are meant to divide us, and this only takes our fight for an equal society further away from reaching its goals.