{"id":904,"date":"2011-04-17T10:49:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/?p=904"},"modified":"2011-04-17T10:49:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-17T14:49:10","slug":"of-veils-and-the-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2011\/04\/of-veils-and-the-french.html","title":{"rendered":"Of Veils and the French"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Muslim friend just sent me an interesting discussion of France&#8217;s outlawing of the veil.  It suggests<a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/iaEnlL\"> just how complicated things can ge<\/a>t when the intricacies of individual choice and values combined with deeply rooted cultural attitudes. \u00a0Given my <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2010\/08\/of-burqas-and-mosques-teachers-and-firemen.html\">earlier post<\/a> on veils, I figured I&#8217;d pass it on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Muslim friend just sent me an interesting discussion of France&#8217;s outlawing of the veil. 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