Mission Of Burqa

The Guardian has reported that a Moroccan woman has been denied her request for French nationality/citizenship based on the fact that she wears a Burqa, and practices and "extreme form of Islam". That and also according to the French, she is in total submission to her husband which makes her apparently "less French" than she has to be to become a French national. I wonder when they'll start revoking citizenship for women who happen to be abused by their full French-blooded white trash husband?

As many problems as I have with the wearing of a Burqa or any other form of headscarve, I do find it quite terrible that in a country that claims to respect the "freedom of religion" in their constitution, is also a country to discriminate based on religion or more specifically on religious garb. I do not like Burqas, but that's not because they're worn by Muslim women, but because it has to do with religion in general. Not to mention other feminist issues that I won't get into now. It's just more of the same hypocrisy that comes from people in this day and age. Growing up, I remember the films where the "bad guys" were almost exclusively from Russia, or some other Eastern Bloc country. And now the same thing applies, except instead of the Ruskie accent, they have brown skin and chant "Allah" as they carry out their atrocities. It seems that Western "Civilization" must have some sort of common enemy to unite us all. But however I find it repugnant that we haven't moved forward in my lifetime. I'm also wondering where the outrage is (outside of the Islamic community) over this issue. If this happened to a Orthodox Jew, who was rejected due to his clothing, human rights groups would be all over the issue creating a media circus about the blatant anti-semitism. Where are the people who are standing up in defense of Freedom of Religion? As anti-religion as I happen to be, the fact is and will consistently remain that religions or the world are not going to go away. If someone is talking about their "freedom of religion" and then using that religion as a form of discrimination is a travesty at best. I have an idea for the French. Ban not only headscarves, Burqas and whatnot, but take the extra step and outlaw Christian jewelry, and anything else that can be worn that shows what religion affiliation one has as well.

But as per usual, we are going to feed the extremists with more ammunition to rally their own causes, as we wring our hands and ask ourselves "Why? Why" after the next attack. I truly long for the day when we can actually guarantee equality between people. But alas, it's never going to happen. It seems that people are constantly striving to keep their enemies, predjudices, ignorance and hatred alive. What a sad state of affairs.