r/worldnews • u/assumed • Apr 03 '10
Even in France, which is mulling banning the burka, many see the step as a curtailment of religion. Others see it as speaking to fears of Islamic radicalism.
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/01/world/la-fg-france-muslims1-2009dec012
u/megatom0 Apr 03 '10
I am all for this legislation. Keeping it around the Burka is like keeping beating your wife legal because it is mentioned in the bible. No it is morally corrupt and a barbaric and anachronistic practice.
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Apr 03 '10
I have a question about this, which I was hoping someone can help clarify for me - isn't this similar to the issue the French government raised about banning the turban worn by Sikhs?
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Apr 03 '10
For the record, "burkas" will not be banned, this is strictly reichwing agitprop to try to wrestle racist votes from Pétain worshipers. Such a ban would be unconstitutional and contrary to various European treaties; you can't forbid people to wear what the fuck they want, period.
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u/ataraxo Apr 03 '10
you can't forbid people to wear what the fuck they want, period.
Nonsense. I am forbidden to wear ski masks at airport security checkpoints. So, the French law (if it is written) will not forbid wearing the Burqa but wearing clothes that prevent visual identification in public places (even if the underlying goal is to target Muslims).
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u/jdrucker Apr 03 '10
This time last year, I would have agreed, but the things I've seen happening in Europe and around the world give me the "you never know" style of thinking that tells me we shouldn't take for granted that they won't pull whatever rights we have that they think they want gone.
All in the name of whateverthefuckingcauseistoday.
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u/haija Apr 03 '10
"In France – where out of 5 million Muslims, 367 wear the niqab (as counted by the domestic intelligence service, no less) – a parliamentary panel has pondered the issue for a year and suggested a ban from schools and hospitals but nowhere else."
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u/supranatural Apr 03 '10
This is a much smaller issue than it actually is, I would even say this is a non-issue. this guy is begging for right wing votes since he's so unpopular so he's doing what most politicians do, blame the immigrants.
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u/fitzroy95 Apr 03 '10
I have mixed feelings on this one.
I do not like the idea of interfering with how anyone practices their religion as long as it does not impose on anyone else.
However, here in New Zealand, most public places have rules stating that people wearing full face helmets, or any clothing that significantly covers the face (hoodies, balaclavas etc) will not be served, i.e. they MUST remove full face coverings in banks, shops etc. In my mind that Includes the face coverings of the burka, but nothing else.
What is wrong with that limited approach ? So much of communication involves recognition of body language, most especially the face. Why should it not be a reasonable expectation that we should able to see a person's face in order to serve them ?