Burka: A Way to Blind Public Opinion - L'Humanité in English

Burka: A Way to Blind Public Opinion - L'Humanité in English

I wrote a post about the subject of the French debate on banning the full face veil a while ago on my old blog, and I thought it would be useful to share this story to help differentiate between the right and left view of the issue. The opinion of Johnathan Roger, that "The wearing of the full facial veil, which symbolizes the submission and locking up of women, has to be fought. Unfortunately, in this affair it serves as a pretext for uniting the right – including the far right – at the price of lapsing into xenophobia.", is not the same as calling for "thought crime" laws as many who oppose the idea of banning any style of dress would say. Also on L'Humanité's english language website you can find an article about how religious leaders are reluctant to take a strong stand on either side of the issue. People who support the ban for any reason should realize that it is primarily an electoral strategy for the French right.