Posted on 09/14/2010 10:57:06 AM PDT by Artemis Webb
PARIS The French Senate has voted overwhelmingly for a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil everywhere from post offices to streets, in a final step toward a making it law.
The Senate voted 246 to 1 Tuesday in favor of the bill, which has already passed in the lower chamber, the National Assembly.
Any dissenters have 10 days to challenge the measure in the Constitutional Council watchdog, but that is considered unlikely.
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Thanks Cincinna (for the ping to the now-locked thread):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2589108/posts
Absolutely correct. They already HAVE sharia in the no-go zones. It looks like the muslims' next step will be to sequester the women inside those zones so that they can continue to force them to veil. I can't guess how the French will respond to that mass imprisonment of muslim women.
“I can’t guess how the French will respond to that mass imprisonment of muslim women.”
If it gives you any comfort, this law was passed to protect non-muslim women from the imposition of sharia.
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