Wednesday 15 September 2010

France bans 5 million Muslims from wearing the burka with 246-1 vote

"France banned 5 million Muslims from wearing the burka last night in a final, decisive vote by the parliament.



Protest: Members of the French association 'Ni Putes, Ni soumises' walk toward the right political party UMP headquarters dressed with burka

Women who repeatedly offend will be sent to prison after lawmakers in the senate rubber-stamped an earlier vote by MPs.

In a nation of 5million Muslims, the full Islamic face veil is now officially ‘an insult to the country’s values’.

The 246-1 vote result means the controversial law is now in force, despite threats from al-Qaeda leaders to seek ‘dreadful revenge’ if it is ever enforced.

Following the vote, Muslim women now have a six months ‘grace period’ to adapt to the new rules without facing prosecution.

If they persist in wearing it after that time they will be fined £125 or ordered to attend citizenship classes. But some warned they will refuse to obey any law telling them how to dress, whatever the consequences.
Men who force their wives to wear the garb, viewed by some as a sign of fundamentalism, face a year in jail and a fine of up to £25,000.

France is now the second country in Europe after Belgium to outlaw Muslim head wear that hides the face.

The law will also apply to Muslim tourists – including the thousands of Middle Eastern visitors to the French capital every year.

French Muslim property tycoon Rachid Nekkaz has said he will set up a fund to help Muslim women pay ‘burka fines’."



I think this is awesome progress, what do you all think?

27 comments:

  1. They're in France. They should respect the French customs and culture. Only headgear Frenchwomen should wear is chainmail like Joan of Arc to kick some ass and not be like modern France and suck. And al Queda threatening violence only goes to show how peaceful Islam is.

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  2. i kinda agree, its a little forced

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  3. its just sad :/ not all muslims are bad

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  4. Do they not have freedom of religion over in France? Doesn't seem like it.

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  5. lol what makes them more mad. burning the koran or banning blanket suits.

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  6. you all seem quite sympathetic with them. I agree with my last 2 commenters :D

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  7. unacceptable. they should protest wearing the burka. not to be a dick, but something tells me they'll fight back in some other way. wtf france?

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  8. When the world goes to shit, will you be a part of it? That one guy who voted no won't.


    But hey, at least this will take some of the heat off of America..

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  9. What are the reasons the French gave for this?

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  10. well looks like france has done it again!

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  11. wow, thought that europe was the leftist ideal to which americaland was striving

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  12. I think this is a good move, supprised you're all so pissed!

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  13. hmm there must be other ways to solve that shit :S banning it..no.. :-/
    meh..

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  14. I'm glad to see you're beating inertia today.

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  15. I totally agree with their decision. I'm for religious tolerance, but sometimes you have to draw the line.

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  16. Muslims have been doing alot of crazy stuff lately, in a neighborhood in Paris they pray weekly in the street, it looks like serious cult crap, totally illegal and totally imposing on my liberty (if the streets are closed and all shops and buildings in the area when this happens).

    I support this 100%!

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  17. dont get me started on that muslim crap
    but supportnin , show me some love

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  18. C'EEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTT LAAAAAAAA VIIIIIIIEEEE!

    :D

    tetru.blogspot.com

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  19. I wouldn't ban these; they would only cause conflict amongst others... It's almost as bad as burning korans/qurans on 9/11... You're only going to upset tons of people in S.W. Asia and Africa.

    *sigh*

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  20. Yeah I dunno. It's a pretty controversial movement given that there's plenty of Muslim women that wear the burka willingly. This is only going to cause some trouble I think.

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