According to the above stated principle of individual freedom, if we approve of the freedom to cover up we also have to approve the freedom to undress, and if the later has been banned to preserve public morality then the former should be banned to ensure public security. Elder of Zion raises another point when he quotes Ibrahim Hooper - a spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations: He says that the French vote is a thinly-disguised attempt to discriminate against all Muslims, not just those who wear the burqa.