Yes, he's going too far. It's Islamophobic in the extreme.
Most women who wear them want to.
Next, the Cross will be considered a symbol (and has been) of female oppression and will be banned.
"...But the movement against the wearing of the burqa has been slowly gathering force in France.
In June 2008, the Council of State - the country's highest administrative court - refused to grant French citizenship to a Moroccan woman wearing a burqa, because it went against "the values of a democratic society and the principle of equality of the sexes." (AWID)
Ironic, no?
Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason, my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not retract anything, for to go against conscience would be neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.
France is burdened with a large Muslim population that refuses to assimilate and whose values are inimical to those of the West. If the French are going to deal with this problem, banning burqas will be only the beginning.
Your right to practice your religion ends at the beginning of mine...... Right???? Isn't that the way it should be? In democratic, pluralistic societies, there's a constant tension between the individual's right to practice their religion and secular law... When religious freedom crosses the line that would impact others, or hinder human rights, religious freedom should no longer be used as a magical protective sheild that would prohibit or lessen human and gender rights.... This is it should be....
Exerpt from the article below..... this isn't the first time Sarkozy has lashed out at the full burqua in France. I have to agree with him.... It seems to me the full tent is more of a political statement than it is a religious freedom... given that France is NOT governed by Islamic Law, given that women in France and Europe aren't held responsible for family "honor" and lack of male self-control as it often is in countries dominated by Sharia Law, why should women be forced to hide themselves in these cumbersome tents? For religious freedom to exist, there must be some line when religious has to accept, or at the very least tolerate, OTHER practices.... and the SECULAR laws of countries that are NOT run under a theocracy.
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"In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity," Sarkozy said to extended applause in a speech at the Chateau of Versailles southwest of Paris.
"The burqa is not a religious sign, it's a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement — I want to say it solemnly," he said. "It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic...."
Tribalism, ethnocentricism, racism, nationalism, and FEAR is the Mind Killer... >:(
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