An update to my post yesterday about the vote in the French Parliament to ban burqas: The French lower house today passed the bill by a 335 to 1 margin. (335 to 1???) The bill must still be approved by the French Senate, which is expected to vote in the week of September 20.
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The day has finally come. It has been more than a year since French President Sarkozy first proposed a ban on wearing burqas in public places. Tomorrow, the French Parliament will vote on the proposal. After some initial wavering, I came to my position on the proposed ban last July and have not changed my [...]
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Hissa Helal (or Hilal) was the woman who, wearing a burqa, made it to the final round of the Abu Dhabi TV show Million’s Poet by delivering a poem against Muslim preachers “who sit in the position of power” but are “frightening” people with their fatwas, or religious edicts, and “preying like a wolf” on [...]
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There have been some interesting reports lately about women and sports. The Asian Football Confederation (the governing body sanctioned by FIFA to control soccer in the Asia region), has ruled that the Iran girls’ soccer team cannot compete in the six-nation soccer tournament in Singapore that is part of the 3,600 athlete Youth Olympics. The [...]
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On many occasions, this blog has written about the issue of the French government’s proposal to ban the wearing of a burqa in all public places. (For instance, see these posts in December and October.) Emily and I have disagreed about the proposed ban. I wrote that enacting such a ban was a positive step [...]
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In my last post about French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s support for a proposed ban on women wearing burqas in all public places, I wrote that he had essentially stopped trying to say he was proposing the ban in order to help women’s rights and now was simply showing his prejudice against Muslims. His countrymen shared [...]
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This blog has, on a number of occasions, discussed French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s support for a proposed ban on women wearing burqas in all public places. (For example, see this most recent post about a statement by the French Immigration Minister.) Emily and I have disagreed about the proposed ban. I wrote that enacting such [...]
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When France announced in July that it was considering banning the wearing of burqas in all public places, there was considerable difference of opinion on whether it was a pro or con action for women’s rights. In this blog, I believed that enacting such a ban was a positive step for women’s rights and my [...]
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Ever since President Sarkozy and other members of the French government proposed a ban on the wearing of burqas in public places (for instance, see this June 25 Economist article), I had not been able to decide on whether I agreed with the proposal. On the one hand, although Sarkozy made some comments that tried [...]
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