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And yet muslim people on facebook say that hijab is by free will..

It is, unfortunately the "Islamic Republic of Iran" is anything but Islamic. Show trials, murdering innocents, etc. They're emboldened by their Soviet allies, CCP, etc.

Is this an example of a dog whistle?

Unspecified "Muslim people on Facebook" say something you are almost certain to disagree with.

No examples, no nuance, just a call to racism.

I have never, ever, seen a good comment that includes an accusation of a dog-whistle.

Islam is not a race.

If it's made from an American POV, it's basically equivalent to a race.

Those are almost universally people living in secular states or more moderate muslim ones.

Muslim people living in places with the freedom to choose generally consider it a choice whereas those living in places without that freedom do not or will not admit to such a belief.

Well of course it's free will to avoid detention by morality police.

Freedom of choosing what you wear doesn't mean freedom from consequences (to paraphrase the very popular, and idiotic, phrase about free speech that some people tend to use).

This one?

https://www.azquotes.com/quote/728639

More like this: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

The first comment on the search you’re sharing seems to be about an exec stepping down (I guess that’s a euphemism for getting fired) as a consequence of something he said or did (it seems contributing to a campaign).

Is your point that an exec losing his job (he can get several thousand lower paying jobs and still survive like most people do) is somehow analogous to a woman being jailed or killed for what they choose to wear (or not to wear, in this case?)

(Edit: typos)

Of course. Like you can say whatever you want here but you may get downvoted. That's the consequence. I guess you feel luckier than Mahsa Amini?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mahsa_Amini

Freedom from consequences in the context of speech means you are going to be subject to the social consequences of what you say. Not that it is possible to say it despite it being illegal.

There are many muslim people who live in places where that is true

And indeed a few who live in places where governments [propose to] intervene to prevent them from wearing items of clothing associated with some Muslims' ideas of modesty...

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