Agree with Oints.
Do your research before you bash a religion. My one friend, who happens to be extremely hot, recently decided to start wearing the Burqa. Her muslim family, including her father, were against it, but she feels that she wants to do it and be more pious.
It is a personal choice for many muslim women to wear the burqa. As much as it may be used a form of oppression, it is also a symbol for some of them. My friends are evn pissed at another chick who wears her burqa during the day and then takes it off to go clubbing and whoring at night.
They asked her to stop, because she is besmirching the meaning of the Burqa.
I don't understand it, and as an atheist I find it somewhat silly, but I also don't agree with imposing laws onto people based on your ignorance, which is what the French are doing.
It is a personal choice. What's next? Banning orthodox Jews from wearing their sideburns and hats? Maybe they should ban those silly collars that Catholic priests wear.