France Moving Towards Full Ban on Burqa and Niqab

Thank you France and Belgium! The rest of Europe should follow and soon!

Because of the possibility of hidden explosives, I think it should be banned. Also, religion is dangerous as it is the doom of all humankind; that too should be banned. Sturdy and fair laws are all what is needed. It’s all we’ve got to go by.

That may work in France, but here in the US we have freedom of religion, not just secularism. We have the Amish here, who dress differently, and are not persecuted much, other than the fact that they simply do not get invited to the best parties (unless it’s a barn raising, in which case, print buckets of black and white invites). I don’t want to tell people how to be religious, or how to dress. Hopefully these repressive societies will simply die out due to proximity to more enjoyable lifestyles. On the other hand, I wouldn’t advise anyone to wear a Burqa in most parts of the U.S., just now. Peer pressure is stronger than French law, over here at least.

When in France, do as the French! When in the Mosque, do as a Muslim!

Brvo to brave Sarkozy! The problem, is, if continuing appeasing the Islamists, they will demand an inch further everytime – such as in the US! The veil has nothing to do with Islam but with Dark age sexist Arabic culture as the Moroccan sociologist, Fatima Mernissi found out in her book “The Veil and the Male Elite”. After researching thousands of “Hadiths” ie. the Muslims’ prophet words and deeds! It’s like being naked which is extreme form of liberated culture, is not acceptable in public, anywhere, thus, such veil that symbolizes extreme enslavement culture a sif still in the Dark Ages, cannot be tolerated any further, by modernity and women’s struggle for equality and freedom’s human rights, especially in the dominantly secular and progressively modern West. Where religion is rightly a private matter and not to be exploited anymore as a political tool, especially for dominant unjust power in whatever form. And further, such veiled women/girls are actually kept in isolation, even when they are out, from integrating with non-Muslim public, especially in the West, thus showing arrogance and contempt for diversity and non-Muslim’s way of life and population. Thus, the ban is indeed a positive move towards liberating women/girls, who have long suffered and are deceived by the manipulated thin-line between Islamic and Arabic culture!

I agree with the decision not based on “protecting” women but because no one else is allowed to cover their face so it is unfair to everyone who is not Muslim. In the US you can not go into a bank with your face covered.. and this should include muslims. Freedom of religion doesn’t mean having rights other people don’t. You can’t molest children then claim to be exempt from those laws. Same with rape and murder. Covering your face in public is a security issue and no one should be exempt. For everyone stating “what about Nun’s habits and yamukes? If someone is wearing a Nun’s habit or Yamuke COVERING thier face it should not be allowed, if your face is visable it is a non-issue.

Right on France. Lots of us are with you on this
one. Hate to do it but it seems like there is no
other choice. Terrorism is just that, and we
need to protect ourselves against it.

Peace & blessing be unto you all.
Islam uplifted the status of women and granted them their just rights 1400 years ago. Islam expects women to maintain their status.
People usually only discuss ‘hijaab’ in the context of women. However, in the Glorious Qur’an, Allah (swt) first mentions ‘hijaab’ for men before ‘hijaab’ for the women. The Qur’an mentions in Surah Noor:
“Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.”
[Al-Qur’an 24:30]
The moment a man looks at a woman and if any brazen or unashamed thought comes to his mind, he should lower his gaze.
Western talk of women’s liberalization is nothing but a disguised form of exploitation of her body, degradation of her soul, and deprivation of her honor. Western society claims to have ‘uplifted’ women. On the contrary it has actually degraded them to the status of concubines, mistresses and society butterflies who are mere tools in the hands of pleasure seekers and sex marketeers, hidden behind the colorful screen of ‘art’ and ‘culture’.
All religious scripture say that women should cover her head and should not reveal the body. And it is for the safety for themselves.
When NUNS cover their head people call them pious, but when Muslim women cover her, people call them subjugated.
It is just a gimmick of media to malign Islam.
Have you ever seen any picture of Mary the mother of JESUS (peace be upon him) without head covering and cloak? She was just like a MUSLIM woman.

Um….freedom of speech? Not? Ok, we will just keep discriminating against the very people that we have dissed since the Crusades. Good job.

Whilst you all condemn Belgium and France for comtemplating these actions, in the UAE, they are evicting people for living under the same roof and not being married…..Careful what you wish for, Muslim’s call for Islam to dominate the world….

Some laws are necessary for a country’s security. However, banning something like the burqa may not be the most effective initiative to fortify security measures. All it would do is hurt the sentiments of a community that is now forced to abide by the law and perhaps go against its own beliefs in the process

This is so silly, and shocks me to see how many people support it. How many women cover themselves in veils? Very few. This is a very bogus law. What if some one is wearing a hat? Or a scarf covering their face? Or medical masks? These people should be banned too if it’s a “security measure”. I take pride in living in a country that supports freedom, the BEST example of freedom towards ALL people. If a person wants to cover themselves then let them, it’s freedom of choice. If a women is in an airport, then she is asked to reveal her face for her identification, and i Never saw a women reject it. If this is to “free” women, then they will probably stay at home rather than going out in public. So much for freedom of expression.
I hope this law NEVER passes in the big U S of A.

Do the French begin to forget that they were the cradle of christianity of the Western Europe?If you lose your faith this fast then it will be overtaken by Islam, a real threat to mankind.

If you are prepared to welcome Islam in all your modesty well then you have a real peril lining up for you. These Islamists can’t tolerate democracy, freedom of speech and the very concept of modern society. No use preaching to them the values of freedom. They are focussed on their power to dominate and destroy what is not islamic. Wake up you Europe, or the devil is lurking to feed on you.

I thinks this is against the human rights regardless of the political or social issues.

the rest of europe mite follow.but if you have ever been to uk,,u will see its a multicultural society,we have mosque,temples and churches and people have the right to practise there religion how they want …so open ure mindssss

Good idea. Let’s force people to adopt our values. That won’t increase terrorism at all.

What a Hypocrisy, They have always an excuse to get what they want.Because western countries propagation of individual freedom is for a reason, not for the truth. True face of the double faced crooks.

You are all hypocrites. you say that women shouldnt be told what they can and cant wear. Yet these women weat the Burka out of choice and you tell them they cant because they ared opressed? This is democracy?
if this si democracy im glad other counries in the world dont have it. Telling others they must dress like you is fair. Dont be such hypocrites