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So much for Liberté, égalité, fraternité, eh?
I can’t wait to hear what the European Court of Human Rights has to say about this – it’s pretty hard to justify such a general ban on an expression of religious beliefs.
I’m not surprised a bit. In an effort to preserve something distinct to a culture, historically lots of liberties have been infringed upon, and sometimes that which was being preserved was offensive in and of itself.
Does anyone have any statistics that discuss the prevalence of the Burqa in France?
I’m only wondering because I live in a community, in the US, with a large Muslim presence and I’ve never seen one. I’ve seen very few niqabs. The Khimar and Hijab are much, much more prevalent.
It has no bearing on the scope of the debate at hand I’m just wondering how wide the impact will be.
I can’t see where any good can come of this. At the very least, won’t it do nothing but prevent women who do wear a veil from leaving their houses? Cause I’m pretty sure a French law isn’t going to change Islamic culture.
I’m sorry, I don’t get your point. Are you saying the burqa is offensive, or that France is attempting to preserve their culture which has led to infringing on Muslim women’s rights?
Personally, I don’t see much behind this other than ‘oh noes, teh brown peoples is scary’.
The reports I’ve read have suggested that around 2,000 women will be affected.