tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104794996052313718.post1803974932822204039..comments2024-01-03T09:05:24.322+00:00Comments on London Masala and Chips: French MPs approve bill to ban the burkaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104794996052313718.post-9618933220996649652010-07-27T13:29:50.660+01:002010-07-27T13:29:50.660+01:00ah thanks for the clarification. It will be intere...ah thanks for the clarification. It will be interesting to see what happens elsewhere in Europe. And also how long the stance by the UK govt (that bans aren't british) will last. <br />I also wonder what the stance will be towards nuns who also cover up their hair and wear obvious symbols of their religion. So Bob, you may be right that it's an attack on Islam. I guess in this day and age, you have to be pretty brave to wear a burqa or niqab as it very clearly states which religion you belong to. Brave or stupid. Not sure which one it is.Plummy Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581505117908609291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104794996052313718.post-62676306493373363782010-07-22T15:40:02.056+01:002010-07-22T15:40:02.056+01:00I meant to add that the sikhs have just lost an ap...I meant to add that the sikhs have just lost an appeal about the turban ban - <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-16024-Europe-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d17-European-Court-rules-against-the-Sikh-turban-in-French-schools" rel="nofollow">article here</a>. Includes ironic photo of Sarkozy standing next to the turbanned PM of India, Manmohan Singh, while answering questions about the ban...Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03782834377756702234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104794996052313718.post-23691721540172391892010-07-22T15:23:30.463+01:002010-07-22T15:23:30.463+01:00It's the more wider banning of their turbans t...It's the more wider banning of their turbans that the Sikhs are worried about. There is in place already, I believe, a French law which bans pupils in public schools from wearing 'conspicuous' religious symbols (eg. Muslim hijab, the Jewish skullcap or the Sikh turban).<br /><br />I agree with Bob's points on the burqa. I don't like that women wear it, BUT, even more I don't like they are banned from doing so.Ravenhttp://londonmasalaandchips.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104794996052313718.post-76089911573969753952010-07-21T13:27:55.677+01:002010-07-21T13:27:55.677+01:00Re Plummy Mummy, the first ban attempt in France, ...Re Plummy Mummy, the first ban attempt in France, the one in schools, targeted "ostentatious religious symbols" and Sikhs, for obvious reasons, lobbied hard against that.<br /><br />I hate the burqa, but it is interesting to see how the proponents of a ban are so promiscuous in finding reasons, some of which un-intentionally target others - keeping civic spaces secular, security concerns, the oppression of women, ease of communication. Which kind of makes it clear that these aren't the real reasons - Islam is.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104794996052313718.post-85143737248631188362010-07-13T19:31:44.010+01:002010-07-13T19:31:44.010+01:00Why would Sikhs be worried, I didn't think Sik...Why would Sikhs be worried, I didn't think Sikh women wore full veils. <br />The legislation covers burkas and niqabs only.<br />Or is it the worry that anything that marks a citizen as being different is potentially at risk of being banned e.g. the turban?Plummy Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581505117908609291noreply@blogger.com