Of face masks, privacy, security, faith and identity
After years-long battles to ban face coverings in public, several countries have now ruled that masks are mandatory, to combat Covid-19
20 August 2020 - 05:00
The mandatory wearing of masks in public raises intriguing questions around privacy, profiling, security, and even faith and identity.
Countries such as France and Belgium have fought bitter cultural battles for more than a decade over attempts to ban Muslim women from covering their faces in public. While the hijab headscarf is usually unrestricted, veils that cover the face partially or entirely have been outlawed...
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