France bans the wearing of veils

The law bans the niqab and the burka and fines people up to $125 for violations. This new ban on veils in France follows closely after the protests in Iran and Iraq over the burning of the Qur'an in the U.S. Could this be a bad move by France? Probably. The recent protests in Iraq and Iran over the burning of the Qur'an were bad enough, but this is just going to add even more fuel to that fire.


Some say the veil is a way to oppress Muslim women, but isn't banning the right to wear it voluntarily oppressing them also? I think if they really want to wear it they should be able to without getting arrested and fined. It seems to be an unneeded ban just to make the French government more money off of fines. It definitely isn't a good direction the French government is taking with this.

 

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