Asalamwailkum, I'm curious. Do these women who consider themselves muslims and think the veil 'dehumanises' them. Do they veil themselves when they pray namaz/salat? To be honest, i'm not even curious, i'm just upset that muslim women face such prejudice and when the local news reporters asks the HEAD of 'islamic studies' at a university they get a disgusting answer like that. The reporters did the right thing, as non muslims, they wanted the islamic academic answer, so they went to what they thought was the right place.