It inevitably gets twisted into “intolerance” when initiatives like the french law against outward signs of religious allegiance (i.e. the so-called headscarf ban) are implemented.

I cannot fathom why some people see certain things as being immune to legislation or even just critizism… Harsh legislation concerning pedofile activities sees no critics (and rightly so!) but in the name of tolerance, we are obviously supposed to accept that a whole group of people in our society (muslim women in this case) are refused some of the basic rights that we all take for granted…