Women who wear burkas in France face £700 fine

[FreekiN]

who are you to say they are oppressed? Its their choice to wear it or not! If they want Hijab then its their choice, if they want Burka then its their choice, there's no compulsion in religion!

I'm just expressing my opinion. If there is no compulsion in religion then why does stuff like this happen? And why do people use the excuse that if they don't do it, it is against islam. ...

 

[Kompromat]

^^^ The offender was caught and Punished !!!

 

[Captain03]

Women who wear the burka in public will be fined £700 under laws being considered in France.

By Henry Samuel in Paris
Published: 6:22PM GMT 07 Jan 2010

MPs will vote on the proposal this month after a long impassioned debate over the merits of outlawing the burka and niqab.

Jean-François Copé, parliamentary leader of President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP group, said the 750 euro fine would apply to anyone whose face is "fully covered in public".

Wearing either would be tolerated only in exceptional circumstances, such as "cultural events or carnivals," he added.

The bill proposes introducing an even heavier penalty for anyone who forces a woman to wear the full veil, Mr Copé said in an interview with the Le Figaro magazine.

The burka is a full-body covering with a mesh screen over the eyes while the niqab is a full-body veil with eye slits.

Mr Copé insists the law is based on public safety and sexual equality considerations and does not restrict religious practices.

"We spoke to religious and secular figures who all confirmed [the burka] was not a religious prescription. Wearing the full body veil is about extremists who want to test the republic," he said.

President Sarkozy last year declared the burka a "sign of subservience and debasement that imprison women" and said it was "not welcome on French soil".

But he is said to be undecided as to whether to back the law or a non-binding "resolution" that would make wearing the garments contrary to French values but not a punishable offence.

Mr Copé has left both options on the table by drawing up a resolution regarding women's rights and a law on security in tandem.

The burka discussion has intensified amid a heated debate on French identity organised by Mr Sarkozy's immigration minister, Eric Besson. The debate has focused heavily on immigration and Islam in a country with five million Muslims.

Fadela Amara, the urban affairs minister, a women's rights activist and a Muslim, recently labelled the burka a "walking coffin".

Michelle Alliot-Marie, the justice minister, said last week that Muslim men seeking French citizenship and whose wives wore the garment were not welcome. She said they would "not appear to be sharing the values of our country." The opposition Socialists this week came out against a law banning the burka – even though they remain firmly opposed to the garment.

"The burka is a prison for women and has no place in the French Republic. But an ad hoc law would not have the anticipated effect," said their spokesman, Benoît Hamon.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the veteran leader of the far-Right National Front, said a ban was unnecessary as it is already "forbidden to walk the streets and public spaces with a mask on".

Interior ministry figures suggest that around 2,000 women in France wear full Muslim dress in public.

France passed a law in 2004 banning students and staff from wearing "conspicuous" religious symbols in schools – including veils – to defend secularism.

In September a French mother was banned from wearing a full-body "burkini" bathing suit at her local swimming pool. She was told it contravened hygiene regulations but pledged to take her local council to court, saying the decision was political.

In July, al-Qaeda leaders in north African issued a call to arms against France on an Islamic extremist website.

"We will seek dreadful revenge on France by all means at our disposal, for the honour of our daughters and sisters," they warned.

Source : Women who wear burkas in France face £700 fine - Telegraph

Members your comments & criticism please ...

alot of people must understand that
if you step into a country then you have to follow the country's rule
whatever france decides is the best for the french not the immigrants

 

[Awesome]

Its funny how they have to go around marketing that "Probably burkha is forced upon women" to justify this ban because deep down they know the law is oppressive and harms the freedom of the woman to choose.

In a country like France I really doubt women can be forced into wearing the Burkha. We have at least that much freedom in Pakistan as well.

 

[hassanfaisal]

Why we Muslims are so much emphasizing on wearing Hijab when it is not mention in Quran… many Muslim women are surfing around the word because of this wrong concept spread out by traditional Mullas , Hijab is not a Farz in our religion Islam but it is only a tradition. My request to all Muslims is to Pls do your own research instead of following Mullas…. For your help I am posting a video clip of one of the greatest Islamic scholar Brother Mohammad Shaikh, Chairman of Islamic Propagation Center IIPC, please watch it because in this video he is proving the fact through the reference of Quranic verses that Hijab is not necessary in our religion. See the follow video.
copy and past this link to your browser youtube.com/watch?v=cFdhbB3-Ntk