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SCARF, Niqab, Burqa: DEFEND THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE

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Marxists Unitarian release a 4-page against Islamophobia. Here's an excerpt ...

In 2009 members of right and left (3 CPF members and 7 of PS) are attacking a handful of women who wear the niqab or burqa (veils that cover all or part of the face) . They want to banish them from public space. One consequence of such law would be referred veiled women at home. Is this what they want?

Anyway, they encourage the worst racist and nostalgic for colonialism who fantasize about the Muslim 'carrying bomb'.

We are resolutely opposed to any new legislation. We advocate a simple principle: freedom of choice. This is not to dictate to men how women should dress. This is not the media, political parties, MPs, institutions do, either.

Wear a scarf or veil (or a beard!) Islamic, Sikh turbans, a crucifix or a kippa in itself does no harm to any rights of others. Freely undertaken, these religious practices are for those who choose them.

This principle applies to all (e) citizen (do) whatever its function. When Nicolas Sarkozy said, followed by the entire left, "officials should not have visible signs of their religious (...). That is what we call the impartiality of the administration, secularism, "we reply that it violates the rights of employees. How does wearing a veil or turban affects the quality of public service? The public sector employees should have equal rights those of private.

But we must also recognize that today in France, it is difficult for a veiled woman at any level of qualification to find employment outside the Muslim community, and that discrimination exists in the areas of housing and community facilities in both public and private sectors.

The real problem is not any "attack on secularism" (the principle of neutrality of institutions, equal access to public services) but racism and discrimination. Building a mosque

or synagogue in a society where the landscape is literally shaped by churches is simply a measure of fairness. Develop a prayer room at a place of work or provide menus tailored to the different religious practices are simple technical measures that pose no problem in an open and tolerant. Yet today in France, such "accommodations" are regularly challenged and Muslims faced administrative obstacles or political importance.

freedom of belief, practice and expression of religion, philosophy and politics is a democratic right fundamental that we must uphold in practice.