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A law to ban the full face veil in France? (part 2)
Marc Perelman interviews Jacques Myard, UMP MP ; Sandrine Mazetier, Socialist MP ; Amel Boubekeur, Associate Scholar, Carnegie Middle East Center, and Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor, Reuters.
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full face veil
Following the debate and the law adopting in France concerning the ban the full face veil I would like to contribute with some arguments.
First of all the burga is against the values of the western europe. Why the europeens has to accept the values of the islam in their countries and why we cannot impose the contrary that means the respect of our values . If the muslims they can not be adapted to the values and the way of life of the europeen countries they are free to live at their countries of origin and practice in extremis their religion.
Why a european woman when has to travel or to live in any muslim country she has to respect the laws and the customs (in some cases she is obliged to put the fulard in order to be there like in Iran or in other cases she has to respect the code dress in order to avoid any provocation etc) so why the muslims they are not obliged to respect our values and our way of life.
For the european women also is a violation to accept other women to live with the burga in Europe.After so many efforts for the emancipation of the woman because of the islam the society observes without any reaction this new form of oppression.It is not a discrimination against the muslims is an opposition in any form of violation of the values in the European Countries.Nobody is obliged to accept them but is obliged to respect them. It is a discrimination against the europeens that are obliged to incline in a different system of values.
live and let live
christians or hindus or Buddhists do not have the right to build their place of worship in arab countries,so why are these people from islamic countries imposing their laws abroad. do not think you are better than others, nobody is perfect.
Yes
ban it as decisively and as soon and possible, and my other countries adopt secularism in government as well.
And I am sure your wife, Anonyme, was never coerced in any way toward the burka? Speaking as one who has been abused in this way, and has worn the darn thing...if you loved your wife you would insist she NOT wear it as they are unsafe. The lost of vision, the stifling heat in many situations, the inability to flee danger. It is a constant wonder to me this subject doesn't go away on it's own simply by the natural selection of these women stepping out into danger and being killed. I'm sure it's covered up in countries where the practice of wearing them is state-endorsed just how many deaths happen because of the things. There is, I promise you, no woman, if she is true and honest within herself, which most, through brainwashing, are unable to be, who would not tell you how they abhor that thing over their heads. Sorry. Not buying.
Please
ban them as fast as you possibly can, and may every other country in the world follow the example. Not just with burkas but with every symbol of oppression of women, and with every religious symbol in any public place.
A law to ban the full face veil in France?
As a Muslim man who lives in the US, who married a Christian woman which converted to Islam later, and decided to wear the "Hijab" on her own, I see this very discriminatory.
France claims to be the land of "Egualite et Liberte", I see this as a hypocrisy. What would you say to a French women who converted to Islam and decides to wear the "Hijab"? Would srtip her of her citizenship and force her to leave France?
when not in rome
for harmony's sake,the wearers of these chains to the 7/8th.century,should desist wearing it.just like the 2.9 million moslem women who do not wear it.or go home to some desert.they are also not helping the rest of their community,by this focus.the moslem community should attend to this matter.
face veil
what can i say other than its about time some thing like this was done wish we could do this in england but we r 2 narrow minded or scared 2 contomplate this as we always back down england is going down hill fast with 1 thing or another darren
Burka
Congratulations to President Sarkozy for his position on this.
for all the openminded people' reasons do not allow these backward motioned people to pass this to Europe.
If they do not want to comply with European culture, which they choose, they always move back where this is accepted.
Why don't they ?