like I was saying ...
May. 19th, 2010 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wasabi_poptartFrench women protest proposed veil ban bill
The six women speaking Tuesday tackled such arguments, saying that their dignity cannot be dictated by the state, that they do not represent a terrorist threat and that secularism should give them the right to practice their religion as they see fit. ... "To tell a sister you can't wear this veil is to say you can't practice your religion," said a woman identifying herself as Oum Al Khyr, of Montreuil, on the edge of eastern Paris.
The six women speaking Tuesday tackled such arguments, saying that their dignity cannot be dictated by the state, that they do not represent a terrorist threat and that secularism should give them the right to practice their religion as they see fit. ... "To tell a sister you can't wear this veil is to say you can't practice your religion," said a woman identifying herself as Oum Al Khyr, of Montreuil, on the edge of eastern Paris.
