Thee's a very big difference between having a form of dress that you choose to wear that identifies you as a member of some minority, and being compelled to wear it.

For years I took pride in always wearing a CND peace symbol - but if there'd been some law requiring me to wear it I would have felt decidedly uncomfortable.

Having said which it is true that a lot of the true things that are said about the Taliban regime restricting the freedom of women and persecuting non-Muslims are true of some otber countries - especially in fact some of the ones that are most favoured by our governments, such as Saudi Arabia. Iran and Iraq (where one in 5 of the population are Catholics) on the other hand are much more easy going on such things.