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Once again, how Muslim women dress has been made into something worthy of public concern. This time, it was Sarkozy:
The problem with the burqa is not a religious problem. It’s a problem of liberty and of the dignity of women. It is not a religious sign, it is a sign of subservience, it is a sign of lowering.
I want to say solemnly, the burka is not welcome in France. We can not accept in our country women trapped behind a fence, cut off from social life, deprived of any identity. This is not the idea that we have of the dignity of women.
(click here for full transcript and video in French)
Beautifully said, I must say, but it is all meaningless.
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Posted on: 22nd of June 2009 in Ideas | | Comments (1)