Posted on 06/19/2009 6:22:31 PM PDT by Cincinna
President Nicolas Sarkozy's government is to consider banning the burka and other Islamic clothing which French MPs claim is degrading to women.
In a move that sparked fierce debate, a group of parliamentarians called for an inquiry into the wearing of the head-to-toe Islamic veil in France and whether Muslim women who cover themselves completely in public constitute an assault on French secularism and women's rights.
In a call that won support from senior figures in Mr Sarkozy's government, they demanded that a parliamentary commission consider the fate in France of the burka, where the eyes are covered by a fabric mesh, and the niqab, which has an eye slit.
While France's Muslim Council said the proposal "stigmatised" Islam, a commission is now expected to be established on the urging of the group of 65 politicians led by André Gerin, a Communist MP. Many of the 65 MPs are members of Mr Sarkozy's Right-wing UMP party.
Mr Gerin is also mayor of the southern city of Venissieux, which has a high immigrant population and where he complains women cover themselves in "mobile prisons".
"Our politicians need to stop acting so blind," he said, describing the burka as the mark of Islamic fundamentalism not is tune with secular France.
Luc Chatel, a government spokesman, said that all the options were open, including a ban. "If it were determined that wearing the burka is a submissive act, and that it is contrary to republican principles, well naturally parliament would have to drawn the necessary conclusions," he said.
If that meant introducing new legislation, he said, "why not".
The proposal won the support of Fadela Amara, the urban affairs minister and a women's rights campaigner whose parents were Muslims. "We must do everything to stop burkas from spreading, in the name of democracy"
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Oh, boy! Get the popcorn going. This should be a good show.
Thanks to bruinbirdman for the heads up on this important story.
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Didn’t Obama mention this in Cairo? He said that Islamic women have a right to be veiled, or something along those lines?
WOW!
Wouldn't it be easier to just ban isSlime? It is degrading to all humanity!
Do it now while it's still manageable. If you wear the burka...no welfare payments!!
This is an absolutely wonderful idea. I hope they do it.
Europe allowing itself to be overrun by the Muslim hoard without the slightest resistance, until it was too late, has to be one of the most stark examples of cultural suicide in history.
600 million people in France? Somehow I don't think so.
America is in wretched moral shape when it is France that leads the way.
Sarkozy also seems to have a more realistic view of Pres. Hussein than our Liberal, cultural elites do.
Beat me.
Hijab was mentioned, which was not only an insulte to French allies, but Turkish ones too.
While they’re at it, they need to ban Islam. That’s just what Europe (and the Americas) needs, and it’ll be great if it starts in France. Thanks Cincinna.
Would you be allowed to wear a cross in school?
How about carry a bible?
No Burkas or Koran’s either.
France is having Muslim problems, and this is one way to get control of the Islamists—start cracking down on their demands and foreign ways. Hope they go through with the ban....maybe Great Britain to follow?
I like Sarko more and more..too bad he cant be our President.
People
Population 64,420,073 (2009 estimate)
Population growth
Population growth rate 0.55 percent (2009 estimate)
Projected population in 2025 68,481,838 (2009 estimate)
Projected population in 2050 69,768,223 (2009 estimate)
Off by a power of ten.
ref: Encarta.com
Do it!
someday they must hopefully before it is to late.
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