And thus begins another chapter in the drama known as Eurabia is Doomed.
Follow the logic, if France bans the burkha and full face veils, then the women folk will not be allowed out of their house. If they don't ban it, then people walking around in full length body bags will continue to be fully un-assimilated into French culture because they are completely cut off from human contact by way of facial expressions.
Interestingly-in this article, the interviewee is a young 19 year old convert.
There are other kind of freaky elements in this story.
One-the woman at the centre of the 'has not assimilated into French culture' case has an American lawyer working for her pro-bono.
Here is what a mealy-mouthed Fwench academic has to say about it:
"We're going to become the laughing stock of democracies" should France ban the clothing, said Raphael Liogier, a sociology professor who runs the Observatory of the Religious in Aix-en-Provence.
"He is among critics who say a ban would be a violation of basic rights and "transgression of the fundamental principles of our republic."
Interestingly, this case has me agreeing with a communist-probably for one of the first times in my life:
"However, Andre Gerin, who heads the parliamentary panel, says the full-body veil is an "attempt to instrumentalize Islam for political ends" via a "fundamentalist and barbaric ideology" that oppresses women."
Gerin, a communist who served for years as mayor of Venissieux, a suburb of Lyon known as a haunt for Muslim fundamentalists, insists the phenomenon is growing.
But here's another example of burying the lede in a fundamental (heh-get it?? fundamental??) way.
"Muslim leaders of all tendencies have warned that a ban risks stigmatizing all Muslims, and anti-terrorism judge Marc Trevidic told Sunday's Journal du Dimanche that a ban "will maybe push impulsive people to want to commit attacks."
Wonder where he got that crazy idea from? This is the crux of the matter-and this is where the fear grips democracies by the..well, you know what.
