Donate SIGN UP
Home > News > Top Judge Overturns France's Burkini Ban!

Answers

1 to 20 of 153rss feed

1 2 3 4 Next Last

Avatar Image
vetuste_ennemi
Best Answer
Personally I'm against such bans, not because there isn't a battle to fought against repressive forms of Islam of which things like the burqa are ostentatious symbols, but because it;s the wrong terrain to fight - we're marching uphill in mud. (Remember Waterloo?). As is evident from the two threads on AB and the legal appeals in France, it's given the...
19:04 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Go To Best Answer
Avatar Image dannyk13
Reason has prevailed.
15:10 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image Mamyalynne
Now the Police can devote their time to the bigger issue, good move.
15:10 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image andy-hughes
Now things get interesting on here!
15:10 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image jim360
Good.
15:12 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image ladybirder
Question Author
Sorry wasn't a top judge - no idea where I got that from.

I bet the beaches will be filled with burkina clad women now making a point.
15:14 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image ladybirder
Question Author
'Good' to things getting interesting Jim? Good!
15:14 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image jim360
No, good to the ban being overturned.
15:15 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image jno
the sight of police forcing women to remove clothing in public wasn't exactly pretty. (I suspect their forefathers went round beaches ordering women to cover up.)
15:15 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image Jackdaw33
In that case why has the burka ban not been overruled?
15:16 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image Bazile
Was the judge a muslim ?
15:18 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image jno
undoubtedly a sharia judge, Bazile.
15:19 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image andy-hughes
jno - //undoubtedly a sharia judge, Bazile. //

Based on what?
15:28 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image ChillDoubt
the sight of police forcing women to remove clothing in public wasn't exactly pretty
-----------
But they didn't, did they? She chose to stay on the beach, nobody forced her to. In order to remain there she needed to dress according to local rules, so she did so of her own free will, just as she had every right to leave and remain dressed as she was.
15:30 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image Jackdaw33
A-H, do you have exactly NO sense of humour?
15:31 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image Islay
Well there is some sense in the world then!!
15:31 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image naomi24
jno,// the sight of police forcing women to remove clothing in public wasn't exactly pretty.//

The incident involved one woman who must have decided to comply with the police request otherwise she could have walked off the beach dressed as she was– and the incident is disputed now anyway.

The French Court should have upheld the ban on clothing that is distinctly Islamic.
15:34 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image Lie-in King
The OP - good news.
15:36 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image Mamyalynne
I imagine the Police officers will be heartily relieved too, they can get on with proper policing.

It was poor law, of course France is hurting and very deeply too - but this wasn't the solution or even part of it.
15:36 Fri 26th Aug 2016
Avatar Image mccfluff
about time sense prevailed.

no-one should be forced to wear or not wear something
15:37 Fri 26th Aug 2016
-- answer removed --

1 to 20 of 153rss feed

1 2 3 4 Next Last

Do you know the answer?

Top Judge Overturns France's Burkini Ban!

Answer Question >>

Related Questions

Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.