“France and Its Muslims,” by Stephanie Giry takes a hard look at France’s problems with her Muslim population. Due the current political climate throughout the Western World in regards to Muslims, it should come as no surprise that France feels that all problems from the poor is because they are immigrants and Islamic. France has the largest Muslim population in Europe at 4-5 million. France prides herself on egalitarianism and universal democratic culture. The French firmly believe in the separation of church and state, which has led to fear of organized religion influencing the actions of its people.
France banning Religious Headwear The issue that I’m discussing is the religious and political view for the banning of the Islamic religious headwear in France. In France the government has ruled to ban Muslims, mostly girls from wearing there religious headscarf in schools. It has passed this law in August 2004, which will come into effect when the school year starts in 2004 in France soon. The banning of the Islamic headscarf will affect millions of Muslims living in France. This issue has been debated before, and since there was so much hostility in the world the French government has decided to make it an official law.
Why did they ban the burqa? In Timothy Ash’s article, he says that there are three main reasons for the ban: “… a threat to public safety,” “an open society is one in which we can see each other’s faces,” and “women are compelled to veil themselves by fathers or husbands.” France should revise this law because it seems like an ethnocentric decision and with this law active it breaks traditions passed down for 14 centuries, aggravates Muslims, and will cause France to have financial repercussions. While growing up, I’ve always seen my mom wear a burqa before she left the house, and I always wondered why she would do that. When I was 13 I found out it was to hide her beauty from others. Now why would a female decide to hide her beauty from others?
VCE- Oral Presentation Should Australia ban the burqa? Definition: A loose, usually black or light blue robe that is worn by Muslim women, especially in Afghanistan, and that covers the body from head to toe. a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan burqa - a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa" • French President Nicolas Sarkozy thinks they should be because, he argues, they repress women. But it's just as true that clothing is a personal choice, religiously inspired clothing even more so, and that some women gladly wear the burqa or the chador as a full-fledged expression of their faith--and a pointed reaction to those who would contravene it in any way. (Public thoughts) -No it shouldnt be banned: No right for u to say it should be banned, Australia is a free country and it is non of our business to say what they should or shouldn't wear, it doesn't affect us or our culture so leave them alone!
(Doc.11) Then, the last document with similar views would be document 12, in which a French Senatorial Commission speaker comments that women are not fit for the ballots and should solely remain as the mothers and wives of society, and nothing more. (Doc.12) Women during this time generally supported female suffrage, documents 2, 4, 5, 9, and 10 all support this idea. Document 2 shows a French political activist arguing for equality with men, saying that it degrades women to not be able to vote, while
Impact of Islam on Women Islam has had a major impact on women in the past millennia and a half since its origin. Islam, its teachings, God and the Quran have all affected the treatment, perception and even fashion of Islamic women. The Quran directly provides guidelines for the treatment of women, several Islamic scholars have defined the rights available to women and even Muhammad’s own words (The Hadith) declare the value of an Islamic woman as opposed to an Islamic man. It’s undeniable irrefutable that the impact of Islamic first felt in the religion’s conception and still being received today, is perhaps one of the largest catalysts on woman and misogyny. The Quran outlined several different methods of treating women in its various passages.
It just advices women to use the hijab as an act of obedience to God. Secondly, women wearing hijabs become a very visible sign of Islam. While Muslim men can blend easily into any society, Muslim women are often put on the line and forced to defend not only their decision or not to cover their bodies but also their religion. Thirdly, women who use the hijab lose their identity as women because they cannot dress appropriately according to their gender. It is not certain that the hijab frees women from being seen as sexual objects of desire or from being valued for their looks or body shape.
islamic women where the first to have independent property. futhermore muslim women also have the right to divorce if their marriage is not working. women also have the right to testify in court of law. this all came in to play before the united states had womens rights. what most people dont realize is the Quran has laws about violence against women specially in marriagr and duress situations.
The ban on religious plays dealt a painful blow to French theatre, but its prohibition allowed secular theatre to develop” (Joyeuse). However the movement did not come into full swing until 1598, under the reign of Henri IV, with the enactment of the Edict of Nantes. This guaranteed religious freedom and thus ended the war and the ban on religious theatre (Joyeuse). Although they were no longer laws, restricting the theatre, there was still a list of rules that were imperative to all neoclassical plays. The most important being a strict following of the Aristotelian unities: time, place, and action (Quick); the unity of time restricted all action in a play to one 24 hour period, that is to say there were no lapses and everything happened in real time; The unity of place required that all the action happened in the same location; and the unity of action “required one central story, involving a relatively small group of characters, no sub-plots” (Joyeuse).It was also required that Neo-classical plays be verisimilar or probable.
Therefore, marital rape exemption under Section 375 of Indian Penal Code is a clear infringement of Article 14 and 21 of Indian Constitution. Article 14 safegurads a person’s right to equality. The exception under Section 375 is clearly discriminates a wife when it comes to safeguarding them from rape. It is also mentioned under Article 51A (e) that it is fundamental duty of every citizen of India decry practices that are derogatory to the dignity women. The part of the state in a democratic libertarian culture is to secure and advance the privileges of its residents paying no respect to their sex or societal position.