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Audio I am not even talking about France...They are twisted and hypocrites! I am talking about ALL THE EU countries I have visited! France thinks behaving like this it is going to get attention...Paranoid people only behave in such a way! The rest of EU has no prob what so ever with face veil...I mean even in UK and USA they have people walking in face veil....EQUAL RIGHTS TO PRACTICE RELIGION ....THAT is freedom which the countries are proud of...Not oppressing some religion and calling themselves fathers of freedom!
If that is the case France = Mullahs of Asia
See, here's the deal, the state has higher authority then religion. Probably one of the definitions of a secular state. And it does not matter if individuals think this takes away from their freedoms.
It is not only France, iirc Belgium already has a ban on veils, and the Nederlands gov. is considering it if they remain in power after election.
Personally, i think you are making a big deal out of it. Women can wear the scarf and display their modesty. If they cannot make a simple concession like that.....what im trying to say is, there is no relationship where one side only takes and not gives anything. No working relationship anyhow.
BUT....I believe in free will....no government has the right to do something like this.....the government should have no right to tell its people what they can wear and what they can't. But then again, if the french ppl want it, so be it; had this been in the US, everyone would have made sure hell breaks loose and the law is changed immediately....just my opinion!! Shorter cloths doesn't mean more freedom!
Look it's pretty simple, every entity has the right to choose who or what represents them. And it has freedoms of it's own. If gov. of France decides women in burqa aren't apropriate to send on UN conferences what can you do about it? Don't they have a free choice of who to send?
Besides, if any Muslim feels this encroaches on his freedom, he is free to decline the invite to whatever venue they might have sent him/her. Similarly, they would probably not have sent a person with "short cloths".
Freedom is a broad term not fully understood by many, namely most are blissfully ignorant of the fact that their freedom ends where someone else's begins. People think freedom is a one way street, a gravy train that keeps on giving. It's not.
Hope this explains it OK. I'm actually not in the mood to have a religious conversation and a mountain pile of infractions, so.....there's a good chance i wont comment on this anymore.