"I thought you had issue with the basic tenets of Islam"
He has - he's given his opinion and has made no attempt to either explain it or blame it on somebody else - as is the practice of someone else on this forum.
His vituperative outpourings didn't mention clothing.
If the greatest threat lies in offended dress-sense I think we might all give a big sigh of relief.
No society can hold its hand up to treating women well - particularly our own Whatever our feelings about Muslim culture, in the end it's up to them to sort their own out - gone are the days that the Empire could impose its values on a large part of the world.
The fact remains that the Muslim communities in Britain are still the most law-abiding, industrious and unobtrusive in Britain today and to single them out for punishment for the behaviour of a minute handful is.... well, we've been here before, haven't we?
Jim Carroll