Face concealment is not an obligatory religious decree within the oppressive Abrahamic faith systems – It does however stand as a very socially divisive custom beloved of political agitators posing as protectors of religious tradition.
Facial coverings do one thing very well; they kill individuality and create blind totalitarian conformity. Under such a restrictive regime, no one is allowed a personality so everyone must obey the theocratical decrees issued by the religious leaders in control.
Moreover, hiding the identity of the wearer heightens the risk of criminal activity because the person in question hiding behind the mask is anonymous and therefore free to act without accountability. Thieves and bank robbers cottoned onto this fact a long time ago, yet todays dippy masked religious fanatics have not quite grasped the implications of their own ill-concidered actions.
This clearly poses a great risk to public security and puts greater pressure of our security services when they urgently need to identify anyone at the scene of any crimes.
Religious fundamentalism is a great manmade danger to society and mankind as a whole.
Mother Nature spent millions of years creating our facial expression and ability to frown, smile, etc. Facial expression is an essential way of communicating with others. To deny or dismiss this wonderful evolutionary gift due to mental delusion, psychological disorder or indoctrinated religious illusions is a massive insult to our species.
Comically, some avid mask wearers claim that their face coverings make them feel ‘closer to God’. This claim however is the height of mental delusion and psychological imbalance.
Surely, if their deity (natural evolutionary process) has spent eons developing facial expression as a means of vital human interaction then by hiding their expressions behind a mask these deluded devotes of unnatural face concealment are effectively spitting in the face of their god.
Delusion is one thing yet terminal daftness is quite another thing entirely!
Finally, opposing oppressive fundamentalist regimes does have its price…
Iranian woman whipped 74 times for refusing to wear hijab
33-year-old was charged with 'encouraging permissiveness' after several Tehran outings
An Iranian woman received 74 lashes for refusing to wear the hijab, defying the strict dress code even as she was taken to be whipped...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/07/iranian-woman-whipped-74-times-refusing-wear-hijab/
There are currently 18 states that have banned the burqa and niqab, both Muslim-majority countries and non-Muslim countries.
Face veiling has not been regarded as a religious requirement by most Islamic scholars, either in the past or the present.