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To: FJB who wrote (338079)12/10/2009 3:58:22 PM
From: Nadine Carroll7 Recommendations   of 793887
 

For example, Sarkozy reportedly has said that "the burqa has no place France." But although the wearing by Muslim women of veils that cover their entire face may offend feminists, for instance, it's not clear that it violates more fundamental principles, at least so long as the act is voluntary on the part of the woman in question.

But it does violate a bedrock value of French culture: the elevation of women. Since the 18th century enlightenment, which was born in the salons of intellectual ladies, France has valued the freedom and style of women. The biggest cultural clash with Algerian and now other Arab immigrants is over the low status of women in Arab culture.

I'm with Sarkozy on this one. He is saying your religious values may treat women as livestock whose face can only be revealed to her master, but I'm not having it in France.
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