Sarkozy Not a Fan of the Burqa
But, those burqini’s are so haawt!:
Sarkozy says burqas have no place in France
PARIS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday that burqas, garments that cover women from head to toe and hide their faces, had no place in France as they were a sign of the subjugation of women.
During a solemn speech to parliament on a wide range of issues, Sarkozy backed an initiative launched by legislators last week who expressed concern over an increase in the use of burqas in France.
“The issue of the burqa is not a religious issue, it is a question of freedom and of women’s dignity,” Sarkozy told a joint session of both houses of parliament, held at the Palace of Versailles.
“The burqa is not a religious sign, it is a sign of the subjugation, of the submission of women. I want to say solemnly that it will not be welcome on our territory,” he said to strong applause.
Referring to a cross-party initiative by close to 60 legislators last week, who proposed a parliamentary commission to look into the spread of the burqa and find ways to combat the trend, Sarkozy said it was the right way to proceed.
“A debate has to take place and all views must be expressed. What better place than parliament for this? I tell you, we must not be ashamed of our values, we must not be afraid of defending them,” he said.
The debate about the burqa is reminiscent of a controversy that raged for a decade in France about Muslim girls wearing headscarves in class. Eventually, a law was passed in 2004 banning pupils from wearing conspicuous signs of their religion at state schools.
Critics say the law stigmatized Muslims at a time when the country should be fighting discrimination in the job and housing markets that has caused a rift between mainstream society and many youths from an immigrant background.
Yeah, yeah, yeah… The usual crap from multiculturalists who refuse to admit that it is Islam itself that demands “a rift” between Muslims and infidels…
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22 June, 2009 at 10:23 am
While touring a state college in OH this morning, we saw a young woman,covered from head to toe, with head scarf, long coat, blah, blah, and said exactly the same thing about subjugation. She doesn’t need to look like she’s from the 11th Century here, so why do it? I could only guess that she’d been brainwashed or threatened. Hope Sarkozy gets support for this. Time to get these women to stand up against the regime of craziness.
22 June, 2009 at 2:25 pm
The above pic isnt really a burqua but more of a islamized bathing suit for thier females & those who are dhimmi.
On a personal note;
I have only once in my life seen a burqua covered muslima in my local area & that was at a public park.
To watch her from a distance with her black robes blowing around her in the wind made her look like a ghostie.
As for a burqua ban…
It shouldn’t really be too much of a big deal because that covering is a security risk and if muslims have the right in thier own countries to remove personal items they deem offensive to thier system we should give them back what they do to non muslim works in Saudi.
21 October, 2010 at 5:04 pm
The most offensive part of a burqini is that it covers the cameltoe.
Just FYI, I used your photo for my article 13 Cameltoe Photos and not too worry, no really NSFW photos.
21 October, 2010 at 8:58 pm
RE: photos #2 and #8
Ouch! That’s gotta’ hurt!
Cheers
21 October, 2010 at 5:07 pm
not to worry, I don’t know how that extra o got in, cameltoes make my fingers shakes.
21 October, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Ah good bernie has arrived. He has some good articles on his blog.