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| Author: | Madeline [ 19 Jun 09, 21:55 ] |
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French legislators worried about rise of burqa use yahoo.com |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 21 Jun 09, 9:27 ] |
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France split over plan to outlaw burqa Racial unrest feared over new law, which goes further than ban on headscarves By John Lichfield in Paris Independent |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 22 Jun 09, 21:35 ] |
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Sarkozy throws weight behind move to ban burqa, saying 'it's a sign of subservience' |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 24 Jun 09, 8:56 ] |
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As President Sarkozy moves to outlaw burkhas in France... Why I, as a British Muslim woman, want the burkha banned from our streets By SAIRA KHAN |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 27 Jun 09, 11:57 ] |
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The burqa is not a form of dress I'm horrified by the burqa, but also deeply uncomfortable about the idea of banning certain items of clothing in a supposedly free society. I am struck, however, by the description of the burqa offered by a French MP, André Gérin, as a "moving prison". Perhaps it might help the debate moregenerally, in France and elsewhere, if the idea that the burqa is actually an item of clothing at all is challenged. Sure, it is made of cloth, and it drapes over the body. But it exists specifically as a machine to facilitate the movement of a woman through public spaces, unaccompanied by a male escort who is related to her, and predates Islam as a means by which females can travel alone. As such, it is a gender-specific mode of personal transport, not a form of dress, one that is simply fashioned from the cheapest, most practical and most convenient material available. Maybe we should define the burqa in terms of its primary purpose, as a barrier-providing, self-propelled vehicle. Off-road vehicles, suitable only for use on private land, and not on taxpayer-funded communal roads, pavements, parks and gardens, are already an accepted fact of life. Maybe the burqa should be honestly defined as a primitive form of transport and legislated for accordingly. I'm reminded, for some reason, that Lenny Henry and Dawn French once attended a fancy-dress party kitted out as Bubbles and the late Michael Jackson (respectively). How long did it take them to realise that their fellow guests were not highly amused at their double act, but desperately, wildly uncomfortable with it? Three seconds, tops, Henry reckons. Independent |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 01 Jul 09, 20:44 ] |
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Al Qaeda vows 'dreadful revenge' on France over plans to ban the burqa |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 12 Aug 09, 20:48 ] |
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Muslim woman banned from wearing a 'burkini' in a French pool |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 08 Jan 10, 12:43 ] |
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WOMEN could be fined £700 for wearing a burka under a proposed new law in France. Sun |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 09 Jan 10, 9:01 ] |
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THE burka is never far from controversy, and now the French are planning to impose £700 fines for wearing the Islamic clothing in public. A vote on the bill is due later this month.Today, we ask two Muslim women to give their points of view. Sun writer ANILA BAIG argues NO to a burka ban while businesswoman SAIRA KHAN - runner-up on the first series of TV's The Apprentice in 2005 - says YES. Sun |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 15 Jan 10, 22:56 ] |
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Full veil not welcome in France, says Sarkozy Guardian |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 27 Jan 10, 13:33 ] |
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Inquiry condemns burka as 'un-French' Sarkozy calls for wearing of full-body veils to be banned in 'official' public places By John Lichfield in Paris Independent |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 27 Jan 10, 13:43 ] |
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Iraq inquiry chief 'frustrated' by war advice secrecy BBC |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 21 Apr 10, 16:13 ] |
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France moves towards banning Muslim veil in public Reuters - Independent |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 13 Jul 10, 22:29 ] |
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French parliament set to approve veil ban Associated Press INDEPENDENT |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 14 Sep 10, 22:22 ] |
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France's Senate backs National Assembly and bans women from wearing the burka in public By PETER ALLEN Mail |
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