Reply #98: What makes your interpretation of the Koran the correct one? [View All]

[chimpy the poopthrower]

I'm not an expert in the Koran, so I won't try to argue what the Koran does or does not say. But surely you must agree that individuals should be free to make their own interpretations of religious texts. Many, many adult Muslim women in "free" countries choose to wear headscarves in order to comply with their interpretation of Islam. No one is forcing them to do so. Why do you assume that not a single Muslim girl in France would choose to wear a headscarf of her own free will? You argue that Muslim parents should not be allowed to "force" a daughter to wear a headscarf, yet you have no problem with the French government forcing a Muslim girl to remove this article of clothing whether she would choose that for herself or not?