Nadia Geerts

#LaLibre, a mainstream #Belgium news outlet, published an opinion piece by Nadia Geerts, a secularism militant. It is in support of a recent decision in #Belgium which, on the 4th of June, ruled that the ban of religious symbols in higher education did not go against the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights.⁠⠀
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Although the ban concerns all religious symbols, La Libre chose an image depicting #Muslim women, despite not mentioning them at all in the article. This article is also full of anti-Muslim dog whistling. Terms such as “community pressures” and “most radicalised students” are expressions often used to criticise Muslims. ⁠⠀
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Geerts might believe that radical forms of secularism, such as the one in place in Belgium, ensures equal treatment of all before the law. But this isn't the case. They are exclusionary policies that affect some categories of the population more than others.