It has come to my attention that the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy is implementing a legislation that would ban Muslim women from wearing veils in public places.
Sarkozy has repeatedly said "that such clothing oppresses women and is not welcome in France" (The Huffington Post).A parliament spokesperson has revealed to the press that a bill banning the use of burka-like veils will be passed in May.
This debate has been ongoing since 2009 and legislation against Islamic veils will be finalised this summer. I guess France is following in the footsteps of Belgium, who is next?
What are your thoughts on this? Isn't this a violation of human rights? Or do you believe this is a necessary step to take in order to optimize national security and promote gender equality nationwide?
3 comments:
as you said - burka is not necessary or obliged by Islam, therefore can be banned without suppressing religious beliefs or human rights. France is showing an example that UK seem to like - theyŗe thinking of introducing such restrictions as well... I think the main consideration for such restriction are safety issues and a problem the rest of the population has showed - fear. It is a bit worrying when you someone in front of you covered in burka... but than again - nouns are walking around in their outfits that cover all their bodies as well.. maybe in a different manner (a big tighter), otherwise - the idea of covering body is the same... the difference - burka look a bit more mysterious...
I think it is wrong to ban it! It is against freedom of choice! So fancy dress has to be banned too!? isn't it?
I think such restrictions are useless and stupid! By the way I also was against the smoking ban.
Anyway back to the topic I think it is crazy what the government is doing to our freedom. What gives them the right to decide how we should dress?
I do not think it promotes gender equality because it doesn’t make any difference on how Muslim women are treated at their home. Also I think it will not bring any more security as terrorist have hundreds of different ways to dress up which are less suspicious! To conclude for me it is racism!
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