Sarkozy = Idiot

[afleitch]

I've had a passing discussion with two Muslims at work about this. Both of them support the ban.

[afleitch]

I've had a passing discussion with two Muslims at work about this. Both of them support the ban.

Are they very secular, nominal, average or devout?

One was 'average', the other is devout - she wears the Salwar kameez.

I've had a passing discussion with two Muslims at work about this. Both of them support the ban.

Were they women who actually want to wear a burqa?

No. One of them considers it both degrading and unislamic.

[afleitch]

No. One of them considers it both degrading and unislamic.

Ok, good for them but I'm a little more concerned with the women that want to wear them and I don't like the government telling them they can't wear it.

'Good for them'? 'Good for them!'

It matters not a jot to you or I or any non-Muslim (or male) what some Muslim women are pressured to wear. When the people it actually concerns speak out against it and the damage it does to their community then you know 'good for them, but..'

You are aware that Sarkozy called for a 'restriction of their use' through the co-operation of womens groups and Muslim groups and will be setting up a cross party commission of lawmakers to look at the issue?

[afleitch]

It matters not a jot to you or I or any non-Muslim (or male) what some Muslim women are pressured to wear. When the people it actually concerns speak out against it and the damage it does to their community then you know 'good for them, but..'

It does matter to me if women are pressured to wear it but you and others keep ignoring the fact that there are plenty of Muslim women that want to wear it. What do we say to them?

We ask them why. Why do they wish to wear a regional dress (the Afghan Burqua) that goes OTT on what 'modest' dress is supposed to be in Islam and why they feel they have to wear it. Which is exactly what the commission intends to do with the help of the Muslim community the majority of whom also want to see an end to a dress that is not just alien to France, but alien to the French Arab/African Muslim community too.