Paris, June 22:
The Islamic burqa is "not welcome" in France because it is not a symbol of religion but a sign of subservience for women, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday."The burqa is not a sign of religion, it is a sign of subservience," he told lawmakers. "It will not be welcome on the territory of the French republic." A group of French lawmakers has been calling for a special inquiry into whether Muslim women who cover themselves fully in public undermine French secularism and women's rights.
France, which prides itself as the harbinger of modern democracy in Europe and a forerunner to a secular intellectual society has been unable to develop an inclusive culture because of its Christian (read Churchian) legacy of intolerance. Burqua might seem an antediluvian Islamic symbol of terrorism, but can’t the French accept it as a modern fashion statement? At least in gay Paris, the fashion capital of the world? Let it learn from India the secret of its inclusive culture. The only way to go after Islamic terrorism is to challenge the Islamic claim that the Quranic way of thinking is the only valid way.
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