In 2009, French president Nicolas Sarkozy addressed the French parliament on the incompatibility of the burqa and women’s rights:
In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity … The burqa is not a religious sign, it’s a sign of subservience, a [...]
Europe’s finance ministers are panicking: they’ve done everything in their power – or so they believe – to save the Euro, yet the currency is becoming worth less and less. They don’t understand what’s going on, they’ve pumped billions into the Euro and into Europe’s failing economies, yet the European stock markets continue their free [...]
There cannot be liberty, equality, or fraternity in a society where a segment of the population will not or cannot show its face to the rest. An update on this story. “Sarkozy to submit bill banning Islamic face veils,” by Sylvie Corbet for the Associated Press, April 21: PARIS -…
The [face-covering] veil is not a sign of religion, but a sign of subservience. We cannot accept to have in our country, women who are prisoners behind netting, cut off from all social life, deprived of identity—French President Nicolas Sarkozy
The U.S. government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to [...]
In the real world, as opposed to what French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls President Barack Obama’s “virtual world,” America faces the reality of Iran’s intransigence and aggressiveness; China’s headlong pursuit of its own national, regional, and global interests; Russia’s determination to regain its Near Abroad; the Arab states’ refusal to accept any kind of a [...]
Backpedaling, in an update on this story. “Sarkozy backs off ban of Muslim veil, calls it ‘unworkable’,” from The Raw Story, January 16: French president Nicolas Sarkozy backed off previous statements in support of a public ban on the full Muslim veil to prevent Jean-Francois Cope, his party’s Parliamentary leader,…
Standing up for Western culture and mores. Got a problem with that? “Sarkozy says burka ‘not welcome’ in France,” from the BBC, January 14: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reiterated his view that the full burka is “not welcome” in France, as a debate continues on whether to ban it….
“Extremists are putting the republic to the test by promoting a practice that they know is contrary to the basic principles of our country.” And those “extremists” have plenty of enablers who can’t fathom what the problem is with the dehumanizing symbol of segregation and subjugation (spun as “elevation” in…
Hollow posturing from a terror-supporting, anti-Semitic regime.
