Western Feminists Should Learn from Moroccan Ministry of Education

Congratulations to Morocco for banning the degrading niqab from classrooms.

People can express themselves however they wish on the streets and in the privacy of their homes, so long as it doesn't cause security problems, but the only signal of having women have their faces closed off in an educational environment is disparagement on the basis of simply being a woman. This is not about modesty, good behavior, or propriety. It's treatment of a woman as nothing but a sex object, whose very face is provocative and unworthy of being seen. It's dehumanizing and simply bad for society.

I am glad that the Moroccan government is looking to promote a focus on education, not on external matters, that were brought into the country by religious extremists from abroad. Kudos! And I hope this thoughtful step will signal to the "feminists" and "human rights activists" in the West that it's ok to make education about education, and that men and women should be treated equally as human beings. Protecting inherent humanity of both men and women is not Islamphobic.