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France considers banning the burqa

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France Wants To Study Burqa Wear, May Ban It In Public

France wants to study the small but growing trend of burqa wear, with an eye to possibly banning the Islamic garment from being worn in public, the government's spokesman said Friday.

Luc Chatel told France-2 television that the government would seek to set up a parliamentary commission that could propose legislation aimed at barring Muslim women from wearing the burqa and other fully covering gowns outside the home.

Any opinions?
I'm in two minds.
Should a Govt. be able to legislate and ban such things or is this good and will help social integration?
 
Oh, for FFS! :roll:

Isn't it enough that they've already banned religious attire in government buildings, now they want to ban it in the streets as well?

Seriously, though. I think it's a really bad idea for a government to tell people how they're allowed to dress. There is also the unintended likely consequence of such a ban: these women will never set foot outside their homes again.

Also, LOL @ the picture's caption placing Marseille in central France. :rofl
 
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The French government has had a longstanding commitment to "defending french culture" as part of its job. In this case, I think it is a bad move. Although I am not a fan of the motivations behind the burqa, it is just a piece of clothing. I think that setting a precedent for allowing the government to determine clothing worn in public is crossing the line. It is ironically exactly the sort of thing that happens in the theocracies that France is trying to avoid. So far they are only studying it, and I hope they find out that banning the burqa is not going to be a good move.
 
I don't think it should be banned.

How would the "secular" public react if the government banned the wearing of crucifixes and ordered churches to cover all crosses visible from the outside of the church?

If religious identification is preventing social integration, then everyone should be included.

This is along the same lines as banning public prayer as far as I'm concerned.
It's singling out specific people based on their religious beliefs.
 
I can understand that you can't wear a burqa for any kind of photo identification(drivers liscence, passport etc....), but to just outright ban people from wearing it out in public? Thats just dumb.

Does France prohibit the wearing of any other religious symbols/clothing out in public?
 
Does France prohibit the wearing of any other religious symbols/clothing out in public?

Religious items like hijab not allowed in public buildings like schools but no law dictates what can be worn in public ... unless this goes through
 
Of course it's a terrible thing for a government to do, but let's not get too upset until it actually happens. There are always those people that stir up trouble, but it may not be the whole government that wants it.
 
If religious identification is preventing social integration, then everyone should be included.

This is along the same lines as banning public prayer as far as I'm concerned.
It's singling out specific people based on their religious beliefs.

I agree.
I'd support this if crosses, kirpans, turbans, kippah are also banned as well imo.
 
I seem to remember that in Turkey it is against the law to wear any form of religious garb in public unless you are going to a Mosque, Church, ect from your home and then back to your home, does that still apply and if it does its a good idea
 
I support a ban on baseball caps.

Baseball is pretty much a religion full of public figures, scandals, ceremonies, polar bears, superstitions, all powerful deities, and the strange occurrence of superiority with the credibility of "because that's just how it is"...



How did Polar Bears get in there :shock:

95% of people missed it.
 
It always cracks me up when progressives say the US should be more like France.
 
There is a high level of anti-Muslim sentiment in France right now. France is xenophobic in general, but when it comes to Middle Easterners it's in a league of its own. This should not surprise observers, although it does set a dangerous precedent for what the government there has the ability to tell people to do.
 
France Wants To Study Burqa Wear, May Ban It In Public



Any opinions?
I'm in two minds.
Should a Govt. be able to legislate and ban such things or is this good and will help social integration?

I can see banning it in court rooms so that the accused may face his accuser. I can see banning it while someone takes a photo for a driver's license.I can see banning it in areas where security may be critical. After all the burqa is body covering meant to obscure or hide the person. I also think the burqa is from a society that oppresses women,if you got a problem with the female form then take it up with the creator. However just walking around on the street,grocery stores and etc they should be able to wear what ever they want regardless if they become social outcast or if they want others to think they are being oppressed buy their men.
 
A bad move.
France should combat the immigration, not the immigrates' religion.
The French culture is indeed in danger, but the best way to solve it would be to create laws that limit the immigration of non-French, particularly Muslims, into France.
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/19/french-wants-to-study-bur_n_218132.htmlShould a Govt. be able to legislate and ban such things or is this good and will help social integration?

This is not social integration but social repression. The burqa is a cultural artifact of many nations; it is for many an integral part of their identity.

The burqa, the chador, the yarmulke, the cross--these are not mere tokens of religious exercise but are for many fundamental expressions of who they are.

Banning such things is proscribing the diverse identities of a diverse population.

The government of France may have the right to enact such things. That does not make it right to enact such things.
 
If it was in the US, I would be strongly opposed. I am not French, and they are free to do as they want. I still don't like it though.
 
I seem to remember that in Turkey it is against the law to wear any form of religious garb in public unless you are going to a Mosque, Church, ect from your home and then back to your home, does that still apply and if it does its a good idea

It does still apply Zeebub. And ive looked into it; the UN says it doesnt violate our human rights. So why not ban it, if a government is suppose to be practising secularism, why shouldnt its own institutions be secular too? Good move by Sarkozy.
 
France Wants To Study Burqa Wear, May Ban It In Public

Any opinions?
I'm in two minds.
Should a Govt. be able to legislate and ban such things or is this good and will help social integration?

No, the government should not be able to legislate and ban such things. It may be good for social integration, I really don't know; but it's not the government's problem and they should butt out. Till such time in which rights are infringed upon, the government has no business sticking its nose in it.
 
It does still apply Zeebub. And ive looked into it; the UN says it doesnt violate our human rights. So why not ban it, if a government is suppose to be practising secularism, why shouldnt its own institutions be secular too? Good move by Sarkozy.
It funny, Turkish Moslems get more freedom to wear their religious garb in the US and Europe than they do in Turkey, its a load of bollocks realy just like religion:)
 
It funny, Turkish Moslems get more freedom to wear their religious garb in the US and Europe than they do in Turkey, its a load of bollocks realy just like religion:)

Tell me about it.
 
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