Argument: Burqa prevents women from absorbing adequate sunlight

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Daniel Pipes. “Ban the Burqa – and the Niqab Too.” Jerusalem Post. August 1, 2007: “British research offers another reason to drop the burqa and niqab, finding that covered women and their breast-fed children lack sufficient amounts of vitamin D (which the skin absorbs from sunlight) and are at serious risk of rickets.”

Phyllis Chesler. “Should America Ban the Burqa Too?” Right Side News. April 28th, 2010: “please understand that the full Islamic veil means sensory deprivation, social isolation, and various Vitamin D deficiency diseases for its wearer.”