Headscarf Tax?
4It’s like a race to see who can say the most ridiculous thing about hijab. And Geert Wilders (leader of the far-right “Freedom Party” in Holland), wants in:
Wilders’s newest proposal is to tax the Muslim headscarf. Any Muslim woman who wants to wear a headscarf – which he described as a ‘head-rag’ – would have to apply for a licence, and pay one thousand euros for the privilege. Wilders says the money raised would go toward women’s emancipation programmes.
[The news piece dates September 16th, about a month ago.]