RSSOf Obama, Sarkozy And Burqas
J.J. Jackson | June 22, 2009
It is a strange day indeed when the French are tougher on radical Muslims than the United States. As Obama has been doing almost everything within his power to NOT seem too critical of the radical left wing (and it is left wing because it believes in oppression of liberties by the State) government of Iran as it cracks down on protesters following an election where millions more people voted than exist (ACORN running the polling booths over there?) French President Nicolas Sarkozy has some harsh things to say about women wearing burqas in France.
The French leader expressed support for a recent call by dozens of legislators to create a parliamentary commission to study a small but growing trend of wearing the full-body garment in France.
In the first presidential address in 136 years to a joint session of France’s two houses of parliament, Sarkozy laid out his support for a ban even before the panel has been approved—braving critics who fear the issue is a marginal one and could stigmatize Muslims in France.
“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.”
In France, the terms “burqa” and “niqab” often are used interchangeably. The former refers to a full-body covering worn largely in Afghanistan with only a mesh screen over the eyes, whereas the latter is a full-body veil, often in black, with slits for the eyes.
Time for my take on this. I think that if a woman wants to wear a burqa or a niqab and is not being coerced into doing so against her will then there is nothing wrong with it. As long as the garment is not being used to hide her identity during the commission of a crime against someone else’s liberty then let her wear it. I don’t think the nation of France should be delving into these realms.
But still it is rather humorous that you have the French signaling to being open to such hard line policies against Muslims of all stripes while an American President has to be poked and prodded to even half-heartedly condemn radical Muslims like those running Iran.
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