Now some of you will take issue with me regarding defending Burqa. It is not defending the clothing; it is defending the principles on which the French Republic is based. Some will say that churches and western women clothing is not allowed in Islamic countries and we should try to do the same. But here is the critical point to ponder: Islamic countries have never tried to say that they believe in human rights or human freedom, they try to ban western influences and churches defending their action as necessary for their public. But the French or for that matter any western country has never publicly stated that we will ban this just because it is not based on human rights. Clothing should never have been an issue and should not be. Look at the United States where we were attacked on 9/11. After that time, there were isolated attacks on Muslims but at no time there was any attempt to legislate a ban on clothing just because the wives, mothers, sisters or daughters of the 9/11 hijackers were the burqa in their home countries.
Wearing clothes is a personal matter and is part of the western tradition of human rights and individual freedom (if this is what these western countries wants us believe).
If they start to ban this kind of clothing and enshrine it in their laws, what next for the French, any suggestions. Have the French solved all their economic problems and have they all the time in the world to pursue a law with useless value to a lot of French people ( I hope). At least in America we don’t have the time to think about these draconian laws even with 535 members of Congress and countless other local and state politicians.To the French I say lets get down to some real world problems if they will find the time.
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