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I like how you first downvote and then ask for references. Shouldn't it go the other way, ask for references and downvote if not provided? I really don't think you are here for the discussion aspect but anyway in case someone wonders to this corner of the topic here is a useful summary:
For effect of headscarf/religious symbols ban on various aspects of life from work to education, you can look at couple of prototypical examples: Turkey (education, public service), France,Belgium,Netherlands (education), Canada (public service). I don't know all of them to the same depth but know that they have been the topic of numerous studies related to this. Some that I can refer to:
A general article but focusing on the law in France:
Canada
Germany This is not religion based, it is language based (right wing government also love language banning as an assimilation technique, so it relates to the topic)
Turkey This is a page from hrw presenting multiple links. It is too long to give a summary, but the headline is discriminatory effects of head scarf ban on societal level. And in Turkey, headscarf ban has never erased that identity. It in fact strengthened it and was likely a contributing factor in AKP's (the current religious oppressive goverment of Turkey) rise to power (this is my interpretation, not written here).
These bans are coming from a place of extremism. So even if one were to assume they were banning extremism in all cases (and they are not always banning extremism in all cases), you are trading individual level extremism with state sponsored extremism. Ofcourse if you have right wing tendencies you won't view this as extremism the same way someone who wants their four year old daughter to view a headscarf won't view that as extremism. However state sponsored extremism is often much more dangerous. But it is funny that for all this talk about assimilation, right wing even really fails at this because all their techniques of assimilation end up strengthening the identities they want to suppress. Guess why? Because they don't actually want these people to be invisible. They want them to be more visible then before, but they want this in a way which creates societal tension so that they can leverage this tension. It is the right wing government supporters who think these policies propagate their national identity and world-view to their country where as it is quite literally doing the opposite. Even more funny is that in countries where religious parties and right wing parties co-exist, both of the groups actually benefit from this polarization. I can only laugh at how nicely they are being deceived in this regard. And in effect a state which bans religious symbols from schools is the same as one that forces it.
You got this wrong, veil ban isn't just not enough. It does not achieve any of the intended effects, It is just a tool to the right-wing politics for driving a wedge between communities. A state deciding what people should do with their religious identities is there only for one reason, create political tension in a country and then use that tension as potential to strengthen their grip.
Ok your turn, do you have references for any of the things you advance?
Yeah funny u talk about france. We r going for a full ban in public space. Kinda hard to deal with majority of Muslim think shariah law matter most than state law. The plan is simply to make their life so shitty they leave. That s why we have welfare suspension for thoses ppl. Look great. Can t wait.
Admnd Germany litteraly had a islamist attacking the last gay pride so yeah totally agree it s just a question of respecting their culture..... Even if they claim anything they dont like they must kill them.....
Great, I think now that you have also done the boogeyman, you have ticked every box in the alt right playbook. Have fun with your politicians using you as a tool.
ps: I won't be replying to any of your comments in this thread and wasn't replying for you in any case. So have fun running around in circles and repeat the same thing until infinity.