Emma, I know women who were born and raised in the US, who are of European ancestry, and who have converted to Islam; single women, who don't have any men telling them what to do, who are extremely upset with laws like the one in Belgium. I know women who are from Muslim countries, who are themselves Muslim, who are very upset by laws like the one in Belgium. I think your understanding of Islam is very limited by your Western way of looking at things. I think the attitude that such women don't know what's good for them is profoundly patronizing.