May 3, 2012 In the presidential debate on May 3rd (prior to the final election of May 6, 2012) Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy appeared to take similar positions when it came to special treatment for France’s large Muslim community. Hollande said he would not allow separate menus in public cafeterias or separate hours in…
This article from Le Figaro Magazine includes passages from a new book Sous Mon Niqab [Under my Niqab] by Zeina (Plon, 2010), a young Muslim woman who sought to be liberated from her niqab in France.
This short article examines the question of how the number of women wearing full-face veils in France is counted. At the beginning of the controversy, a study undertaken by the DCRI (Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur) for Le Monde counted 367 niqab-wearing women. This number according to the DCRI is an estimate. Several weeks later…
The president of the CFCM (French Council of the Muslim Faith) Mohammed Moussaoui reminded the press that they are in favor of a possible law which would ban the burqa and niqab in France.
News Agencies France’s top administrative body has advised the government against a complete ban on the full Islamic veil, instead suggesting outlawing the burqa in some places for security reasons. President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government is planning to present a bill to parliament in the coming weeks to restrict Muslim women from wearing full-face veils such…
