Tag: Burqa
France’s ban on burqas, niqabs takes effect
Niki Cook April 11, 2011.
Print: CNN
France’s controversial ban on wearing burqas, a full-body covering that includes a mesh over the face, and niqabs, a full-face veil that leaves an opening only for the eyes, took effect today.
Veiled Threat: The many problems with France’s proposed burqa ban
By Wajahat Ali May 26, 2010.
Print: Slate
France’s proposed ban on the burqa infringes on Muslim women’s rights.
In Your Face: French attempts to outlaw the burqa strike a blow for the rights of women
Christopher Hitchens May 11, 2010.
Print: Slate
Christopher Hitchens defends French lawmakers’ attempt to ban the burqa.
French secularism put to the test
June 25, 2009.
Print: National Secular Society
We often point to France as a beacon of secularism, a country with a constitution that guarantees religious rights but ensures that they are completely separate from the functions of the state.
France ponders a burqa ban: No cover up
June 24, 2009.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/economist/full_print_edition/~3/pO_y6LwuMgM/story01.htm
The government takes on a “walking prison”
When the French government decided in 2004 to ban the Muslim headscarf in state schools and other public buildings, it set off a heated debate over religious expression and women’s rights in a secular state. Now Nicolas Sarkozy has sparked another by calling the burqa, a head-to-toe Islamic garment, “a sign of subjugation;of debasement that is not welcome on French territory.”
Mr Sarkozy’s comments came after a group of deputies, led by Andre Gerin, a Communist, had called for a parliamentary inquiry into the wearing of the burqa, with a view to a possible ban. This would mean in all public places, since it is already banned in state institutions under the 2004 law. The deputies called burqas “veritable walking prisons.”
