{"id":571361,"date":"2010-05-20T03:51:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T07:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/?p=11507"},"modified":"2010-05-20T03:51:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T07:51:32","slug":"nicolas-sarkozy-insists-on-burka-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/571361","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Sarkozy insists on burka ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/320540216_638f57f3ef_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11511\" \/>French government forwarded a bill that prohibits wearing any form of clothing to hide the face in public. President Nicolas Sarkozy strongly believes it is against the fundamental right of citizenship the country observes. A full covering of the face, he reiterated, is a threat to the values of human dignity. &#8220;Citizenship has to be lived in an uncovered face. There can therefore absolutely no solution other than a ban in all places.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><!-- AdSense Now! V1.90 --><br \/>\n<!-- Post[count: 2] --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adsense adsense-midtext\" style=\"float:left;margin: 12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0705872009880607\";\n\/* 336x280, created 2\/24\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4440161719\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Although they are not directly addressed in the bill, Muslim women obviously are no exception. There are around 5 million women living in the country, only 2,000 wear burka or niqab. Sarkozy stressed the ban is not a form of discrimination and disrespect for a particular religion. Justice Minister Mich\u00e8le Alliot-Marie argues the prohibition has already been practiced in some Islamic countries even in Mecca.However, in a statement presented in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/faithworld\/2010\/05\/19\/sarkozy-says-muslims-should-not-feel-singled-out-by-full-veil-ban\/\">Reauter<\/a>&#8217;s blog, this is not the case. Niqabs are allowed in Mecca.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those who breach the ban will be fined 150 euros (\u00a3129) or sent on a course to learn the values of French citizenship. Those who force someone to cover their face because of their sex will be jailed for a year and fined 15,000 euros (\u00a312,900),&#8221; cites <a href=\"http:\/\/telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/france\/7741138\/Nicolas-Sarkozy-Muslims-should-not-feel-stigmatised-by-burka-ban.html\">Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/world\/2010\/obama-urges-un-sanctions-on-iran\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Obama Urges UN Sanctions on Iran'>Obama Urges UN Sanctions on Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/politics\/2010\/the-french-president-threatened-to-pull-france-out-of-the-eu\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The French President threatened to pull France out of the EU'>The French President threatened to pull France out of the EU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/general\/2010\/battle-of-puebla-french-intervention-in-mexico\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Battle of Puebla: French Intervention in Mexico'>Battle of Puebla: French Intervention in Mexico<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/sevensidedcube\/OXLF\/~4\/_4t_2IoR0pc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French government forwarded a bill that prohibits wearing any form of clothing to hide the face in public. President Nicolas Sarkozy strongly believes it is against the fundamental right of citizenship the country observes. A full covering of the face, he reiterated, is a threat to the values of human dignity. &#8220;Citizenship has to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}