Archive for July, 2010
07 28th, 2010
Debate has been sparked recently in the UK with the news that a bill in the French Parliament to ban the full Islamic veil has gone a stage further. France’s Lower House of MPs voted overwhelmingly for the ban, and should the bill be passed through the Senate in September, it will become law.
For the most part, British commentators seem not to agree with this French attitude, describing it as ’aggressively secular’, and emphasising instead that Britain is a Read the rest of this entry »
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