Palestinian women protest against French headscarf ban

[Kayla]

Some 300 female supporters of Islamic Jihad marched Monday through the streets of Gaza City protesting a French proposal to bar Muslim women from wearing headscarves in state schools.

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The protests come after French President Jacques Chirac asked parliament to ban the wearing of the "hijab," or head scarf, and other conspicuous religious symbols - such as Jewish skullcaps and large crosses - in public schools to protect the country's secular nature.

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The French decision has sparked an outcry in many Muslim countries, where Islamic leaders have said the hijab is a mandatory religious obligation.

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"Muslims, faced by such a decision, will lose confidence in the western principles of democracy, justice and human rights," she said.


http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/379689.html


Why must they pursue a non-secular path in a secular country? The article reads as though Christians and Jews have no problem with the ruling and it affects all 3 groups!

[Kayla]

1. Tehran worshipers cry 'Death to France!' over head scarves

On Monday, 150 students, including women in the head-to-foot chador,
protested in front of the French Embassy in Tehran shouting, “Death to France!” and “Death to Chirac the Zionist!”


http://www.iht.com/articles/123525.html


I'll bet Chirac is really angry about being called a Zionist!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

2. Chirac the Zionist?

i've officially heard everything.

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[Muddleoftheroad]

4. It had to happen

I can actually agree with something IJ supporters say.

[whirlygigspin]

5. make them all wear Channel

and worship at the altar of Armani, zut! Alors?

fashion victims of the world unite,
all you have to loose is a bad haircut

(and seriously, isn't it time to loose the Burkha?--they look like Farengi's on vacation from the home planet)