[CLUE-Talk] "barbarians"

[Jeff Cann]

On Tuesday 27 January 2004 9:45 am, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
> > France...Muslim women can't wear berkaa's?
>
> France has proposed a ban on the *burqa* or hijab in schools. (I find
> the practice of requiring women to wear a burqa to be equally barbaric,
> but... to each their own.) It isn't a wholesale ban on burqas in all
> places. It isn't French law, yet. I wouldn't necessarily call it
> "barbaric" if the ban is enacted, but it's definitely a violation of the
> freedom of expression.

Point of fact -- it's not just a burqa, but *any* religious symbol, including 
crosses, yamicas, etc.

Jeff

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