Many people come to Canada because it’s place of diversity and freedom. Imagine your shock, a Muslim woman, being forced to take off your veil and expose yourself in public for your first official act as a Canadian citizen. Yesterday a ban was put in place where all face coverings must be removed during the ...
Women in Québec are being disproportionately affected by laws that are making the province increasingly secular. Two years ago 80 members of the En Route Foundation, a Catholic lay group, gathered in a hall rented from the city and watched an inspirational video. They prayed, celebrated mass and ate a potluck lunch. Sound suspicious? Maybe not to us regular folks ...
When is it okay to rip off a woman’s clothes in public? To punch her and call her a whore? Apparently, some French people believe this is appropriate if she violates a ban on burqas. Muslim women are reporting an increase in instances of street harassment since the implementation of the burqa ban. Some bus ...
In September, Italy could be the next country to pass a law banning burqas, following in the footsteps of France and Belgium. A parliamentary commission approved a draft of the law on Tuesday. The current draft forbids women from wearing a burqa or naqib, but also prohibits anyone from covering their faces with a motorcycle ...
Covering your face in public became illegal in France yesterday, and the police have already found their first target. A woman was stopped in a shopping centre on Monday evening for covering her face with an Islamic veil. She was given a ticket requiring her to make the choice between paying 150 Euros or attending ...
The French are known for revolution and fashion, so there was no doubt the protest against the burqa ban would be good — but this is a glorious fuck you. The Niqabitches donned a niqab, short shorts and high heels to hit the streets of Paris. As they strolled past government offices, with their naked ...
The French Senate has voted 246 to 1, in favour of a law making wearing a burqa illegal. The ban includes all full face veils such as the burqa (mesh cloth covers the face) and niqab (a small opening is made for the eyes). The hijab (headscarf), and other styles of traditional Muslim dress that ...
On one hand you have a naked woman being filmed having explicit sex. On the other you have a Muslim woman wearing a face veil shopping in Paris. What do they have in common? They are both participating in the degradation of women, at least in theory.
Italy is looking into banning burqas and niqabs. This follows France’s obsession with the cloth, and announcement that people wearing it will be banned from all government activities, including transportation. Of course, forcing women to do things against their will is what feminism is all about. I mean, women can’t be trusted to make their ...
A report issued today in France calls for the ban of the full face covering worn by some devout Muslim women, called a niqab. The president is due to sign the proposals today. Last week he called the garment “contrary to our values and to the ideals we have of women’s dignity”.
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