isn't it supposed to be better over there?French intolerance against the hijab (and muslims in general) is spreading across the globe. A student in Quebec was expelled from school for wearing her hijab, while in Germany a teacher was removed from her classroom and denied employment for several years (see BBC link) just for wearing her hijab. Both cases have been overturned by a court, but neither article considers this issue settled in the affirmative for religious freedom at all. Meanwhile the BBC reports that German feminists are outraged at the concept of muslim religous freedom. The feminists see the hijab "as a symbol of women's oppression which has no place in a democratic society - and certainly not in a school." "If we allow women to wear headscarves in state schools, then the republic and French democracy have made clear their religious tolerance but they have given up on any equality of the sexes in our country," says French philosopher Elisabeth Badinter. (All links courtesy of C.A.I.R.'s daily press release) |
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