Sarkozy says burqas are 'not welcome' in France
AP




PARIS – President Nicolas Sarkozy lashed out Monday at the practice of wearing the Muslim burqa, insisting the full-body religious gown is a sign of the "debasement" of women and that it won't be welcome in France.

The French leader expressed support for a recent call by dozens of legislators to create a parliamentary commission to study a small but growing trend of wearing the full-body garment in France.

In the first presidential address in 136 years to a joint session of France's two houses of parliament, Sarkozy laid out his support for a ban even before the panel has been approved — braving critics who fear the issue is a marginal one and could stigmatize Muslims in France.

"In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity," Sarkozy said to extended applause in a speech at the Chateau of Versailles southwest of Paris.

"The burqa is not a religious sign, it's a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement — I want to say it solemnly," he said. "It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic."

In France, the terms "burqa" and "niqab" often are used interchangeably. The former refers to a full-body covering worn largely in Afghanistan with only a mesh screen over the eyes, whereas the latter is a full-body veil, often in black, with slits for the eyes.

Later Monday, Sarkozy was expected to host a state dinner with Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani of Qatar. Many women in the Persian Gulf state wear Islamic head coverings in public — whether while shopping or driving cars.

France enacted a law in 2004 banning the Islamic headscarf and other conspicuous religious symbols from public schools, sparking fierce debate at home and abroad. France has Western Europe's largest Muslim population, an estimated 5 million people.

A government spokesman said Friday that it would seek to set up a parliamentary commission that could propose legislation aimed at barring Muslim women from wearing the head-to-toe gowns outside the home.

The issue is highly divisive even within the government. France's junior minister for human rights, Rama Yade, said she was open to a ban if it is aimed at protecting women forced to wear the burqa.

But Immigration Minister Eric Besson said a ban would only "create tensions."

A leading French Muslim group warned against studying the burqa.

Actually we prefer thongs in France :

Little late to begin the fight, froggy, and probably too late for you, especially since no one is going to come riding in to save you this time. So, good luck, and a little advice for you--banning the burqa is a good start, killing the wearer is even better. Go with that

crapaudazur wrote:

Actually we prefer thongs in France :

Now that's another form of debasement altogether. Jeez, from burkas to having them run aound in those ass stips, hope you have daughhters genius.

Now that's another form of debasement altogether. Jeez, from burkas to having them run aound in those ass stips, hope you have daughhters genius.

The western world will defeat Islam and the thong will defeat the burqa. Tocqueville had predicted that.

crapaudazur wrote:



The western world will defeat Islam and the thong will defeat the burqa. Tocqueville had predicted that.

I believe that was in the rarely read 'Third Appendix'

crapaudazur wrote:


The western world will defeat Islam and the thong will defeat the burqa. Tocqueville had predicted that.

Didn't say it wouldn't or shouldn't. I think g-stings should be placed in the same category.

MichalAugust wrote:

[q=crapaudazur]Actually we prefer thongs in France :

Now that's another form of debasement altogether. Jeez, from burkas to having them run aound in those ass stips, hope you have daughhters genius.[/q] Call me old fashioned [or an old cunt], but I prefer a pair of skimpy pants on a filly's arse. It stirs the the imagination and the todger.

I support France on this one.

Burqas are quite welcome in Ohio as a sign of "multicultural diversity."

Are high heels for men welcome in France? They're needed....

Well done for France for that, so it is France which is starting to wake up when America has a muSSlim president! The world is changing, well done France perhaps support Israel more next time.

Obanga is going to hate Sarkozy, for Obanga it is MuSSlims and Arabs first, America second.

Francestinks wrote:

Well done for France for that, so it is France which is starting to wake up when America has a muSSlim president! The world is changing, well done France perhaps support Israel more next time.

Obanga is going to hate Sarkozy, for Obanga it is MuSSlims and Arabs first, America second.

I think obangolo would put America a little further down that list than second

MichalAugust wrote:

I think g-stings should be placed in the same category (as the burqa).

ay, there's the rub -

Once you start passing laws banning clothing because it is "degrading to women" or any other group, you open Pandora’s box - then it becomes a shit storm of moral freaks trying to dictate what is "degrading" or what is "appropriate" for everyone else.

(Not that I’m calling you a moral freak MichalAugust,.. but you get the idea.)

Legislating clothing based on religion or morality (or what’s “degrading” ) opens up a whole world of bullshit that will clog the courts for decades to come. It’s just stupid.

How about banning the foreign cunts instead of their clothing?

Am I the only one to see some kind of curved building/skyscraper with a lake in front for the thread leading pic small format ?

Isn't it a little early to be dropping acid?

BurnParis wrote:



Legislating clothing based on religion or morality (or what’s “degrading” ) opens up a whole world of bullshit that will clog the courts for decades to come. It’s just stupid.

Fat fucks like you are next on the list BP, get ready for a serious diet

ibigmang wrote:

Isn't it a little early to be dropping acid?

Nah come on, when you see it in the list, with the sun behind

But Sarkozy is not a real french by the way.It explains that courage for once.

Francestinks wrote:

But Sarkozy is not a real french by the way.It explains that courage for once.

At least, we have elected a courageous white catholic capitalist president, and not a black muslim communist like you guys do.

No I did not vote for that muSSlim Obanga I vote in Israel and not for the left...
Sarkozy has Jewish ancestors, a real french is too coward for that.

I don't think he is a black Muslim communist...

Francestinks wrote:

No I did not vote for that muSSlim Obanga I vote in Israel and not for the left...
Sarkozy has Jewish ancestors, a real french is too coward for that.

The other jewish bullshit legend. If the jew were so courageous, then why haven't they had a country for more than two
thousand of years ?