What do you think?
President Sarkozy threw his weight yesterday behind attempts to bar French Muslim women from covering their faces in public, calling their full-body dress a “debasement of women”.
In our country we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity,” Mr Sarkozy said to applause in the parliament’s ceremonial Versailles home.
“The burka is not a religious sign. It is a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement,” he added. “It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic.”
Mr Sarkozy was adding his voice to a strong consensus that has emerged this month against women in France’s five million-strong Muslim community who wear the full or nearly-full cover of their bodies and faces. The latest French controversy over Muslim dress, which follows the 2004 ban on head-cover in state schools, began this month when 60 MPs from both sides of the house demanded action against the burka and the niqab.
If a Western woman goes to some strict Muslim countries (Saudi or Afghanistan) she must wear this dress, even though she is not a Muslim. Why can't he ban this in France?!?
I think burkas (not hijab / veil) should be made illegal because of security issues. Why do bank robbers put on masks? So that they can't be identified. So if you have women in burkas (for example look here http://www.gulfnews.com/images/09/06/24/24_15_best_kutty_15_5.jpg) yo don't know
1) are they women
2.) are they men
3.) are they.... whatever? criminals hiding in public view.....
and then, of course, I think burkas are terribly appalling and denigrate women to the level of not being a human being who can manifest her self.
have a good day, all.
as far as I know, burka which covers the whole face is not a requirement in Islam. Hijab is, and hijab is a veil covering the hair. I think I am right, but hopefully a Muslim here can enlighten us on this topic.
Why is it that on the Arabian Peninsula, men wear white, (which is the best color, absorbs the least heat) while women wear black (worst color, absorbs all the heat!!)?
Once in a wile sarkozy says something true!!