I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say here. People can try to import theocracy as much as they want. Less you're a weak country, it's not going to happen. People try to make this case in America...the Muslims are going to come and install Islamic law. Which is stupid because it won't happen. Muslims are of course free to exercise and express their religion so long as they don't infringe upon the rights of others in the process, but we're not going to change from a secular government.
I'm not saying that they want to impose us their theocracy, but they don't integrate neither, and still live in "bubbles" of theocracy. You have whole districts in Brussels (but also in other cities in Europe) where 80 or 90% of the population comes from Morroco or Turkey, and they keep all of their customs. When you walk there, it's not Europe anymore!
I'm against that because I don't see the point of emigrating if it's to re-create the exact same place you left, with of course all the benefits of the host society (high unemployment insurances, free healthcare...)
You seem to be really convinced that adults cannot make up their own minds. It's kinda condescending don't you think? There's nothing wrong with a swimming suit with a hood on it. Trying to make it into some sign of oppression or whatever is just downright silly. Adults made up their mind, let them. Their choice. So long as these things aren't enforced via law, there's no problem.
We (in the Western societies) live the "2nd modernity". People are free, even inside the family: you can marry with whoever you want and the society doesn't have anything to say if you are homosexual or transexual...it's your private life and no one cares. The main characteristic is that
you decide
However, that has not always been like that. Until 1960, our grandparents lived in the "1st modernity", where people were free, but not inside the family circle. And a few centuries ago, it was the "traditional" society where the family was totally included in the rest of the society. In both cases, inside the family, there was
- hierarchy => you are submitted to your father, everyone has its own place
- heteronomy => you don't decide, you obey an external rule decided by the society
- domination of the tradition => the goal of life is to respect the tradition and transmit it to your kids
Furthermore, while weddings are based on
love in the 2nd modernity families, they were based on
reason (money, heritage, power) in the 1st modernity & traditional families
While some Muslim people (the "integrated" ones) may live in the 2nd modernity, most of them still live in the "traditional" or "1st modernity" families. You can see that not only because they wear the most retrograde clothes, but also because, for example, they mary exclusively with countrymen. Did you know that only 3% of the Turks in Brussels marry with non-turks? From times to times, in the newspapers, you can read that a muslim girl commited suicide because she was forced to marry a 50 years old dude who had already 2 other wives.
Maybe that's not always the case, but that seems to happen quite frequently, and this is a sign of retrograde traditionalism that is contrary to our values and that is symbolized by clothes like the Burqa or the Burqini.
In my country, religion is a private matter and we consider people free to practice and express their religion as they see fit so long as they don't infringe upon the rights of others in the process.
To be honest, I find your take on it sickening and against the fundamentals of freedom and liberty.
As it was said in a previous post, the discussion about the Burqa or Burqini aren't solely about a piece of cloth. There has been a massive immigration of foreigners the last 30 years, and like in the previous waves of immigration, there are tensions. But this time it's different: they are so many in some areas that they don't integrate at all, that's the real problem. They keep all their own customs and traditions, and many people here don't find it normal.