France follows up on banning Islamic veil

Sat, 30 Jan 2010

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has requested the country's top court to help the government draft a legislation banning the full Islamic veil.

The move by the French government comes three days after a French parliamentary report called for a ban on the full veil.

The report claimed that "Muslim women who fully cover their heads and faces pose an unacceptable challenge to French values."

If it becomes law, it would make it illegal for those women in France who wear the full Islamic veil to visit public buildings or carry out any administrative task.

France is home to Europe's largest Muslim minority. Meanwhile, Italy has said it may follow in France's footsteps and seek a ban on the "full Islamic veil."

Observers scoff at the attempt by the so-called western democracies that have accused Muslims of being intolerant and repeatedly boast their belief in basic freedoms, which include choice of religion. Yet, they argue, they are proving to be quite intolerant themselves, regarding the dress code of Muslim women as a social threat.

Some western European countries and the US have even taken measures to harass, detain, and even expel Muslim individuals for making speeches critical of their roles in the occupation and war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=117428§ionid=351020603.