PROTEST AGAINST FRENCH NIQAB BAN FRANCE SUBJUGATES MUSLIM WOMEN IN THE NAME OF ‘LIBERTY’
On September 14th, the French Senate ratified a bill to ban face veils in all public spaces across the country in the name of protecting ‘liberty’ and ‘equality’. Muslim women in France will no longer be allowed to wear the niqab in the streets, in parks, on public transport, and in all government buildings including benefit offices, hospitals and schools..
Alongside the hijab, madrassahs, Muslim schools, Shariah courts, marriage and mosque minaret bans, the face veil is simply the latest Islamic belief that has come under attack by Western governments. In this current attack on the niqab, it is not a piece of cloth on trial but ISLAM and its position in theWest and the world. Bans on the hijab and niqab are aimed at forcing Muslim women to leave their Islamic values in exchange for Western secular liberal ones.
For too long,Western politicians have labelled the Muslim woman’s dress a symbol of oppression, while ignoring the epidemic of violence, harassment, and sexual abuse that women suffer under liberal values.
On September 14th, the French Senate ratified a bill to ban face veils in all public spaces across the country in the name of protecting ‘liberty’ and ‘equality’. Muslim women in France will no longer be allowed to wear the niqab in the streets, in parks, on public transport, and in all government buildings including benefit offices, hospitals and schools..
Alongside the hijab, madrassahs, Muslim schools, Shariah courts, marriage and mosque minaret bans, the face veil is simply the latest Islamic belief that has come under attack by Western governments. In this current attack on the niqab, it is not a piece of cloth on trial but ISLAM and its position in theWest and the world. Bans on the hijab and niqab are aimed at forcing Muslim women to leave their Islamic values in exchange for Western secular liberal ones.
For too long,Western politicians have labelled the Muslim woman’s dress a symbol of oppression, while ignoring the epidemic of violence, harassment, and sexual abuse that women suffer under liberal values.
As Muslim women we can no longer accept for such lies to be thrown at our deen.We need to turn the table on this debate and show that it is Islam alone that can secure the respect of women, protect families, and solve the plethora of social problems plaguing Western liberal societies.
SATURDAY 25th SEPT 2010 11:00am @ French Embassy, No. 58 KNIGHTSBRIDGE, London, UK, SW1X 7JT
SATURDAY 25th SEPT 2010 11:00am @ French Embassy, No. 58 KNIGHTSBRIDGE, London, UK, SW1X 7JT
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