Bravo to the French!!!!!!!! I don't say THAT very often. On Feb 3, 9:03 am, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > France bars citizenship over veil > > The French government has refused to grant citizenship to a foreign > national on the grounds that he forced his wife to wear the full Islamic > veil. > > The man, whose current nationality was not given, needed citizenship to > settle in the country with his French wife. > > But Immigration Minister Eric Besson said this was being refused because > he was depriving his wife of the liberty to come and go with her face > uncovered. > > Last week, a parliamentary committee proposed a partial ban on full > veils. > > It also recommended that anyone showing visible signs of "radical > religious practice" be refused residence permits and citizenship. > > 'Integration' > > In a statement, Mr Besson said he had signed a decree on Tuesday > rejecting a man's citizenship application after it emerged that he had > ordered his wife to cover herself with a head-to-toe veil. > > "It became apparent during the regulation investigation and the prior > interview that this person was compelling his wife to wear the all- > covering veil, depriving her of the freedom to come and go with her face > uncovered, and rejected the principles of secularism and equality > between men and women," he said. > > Later, the minister stressed that French law required anyone seeking > naturalisation to demonstrate their desire for integration. > > Mr Besson's decree has now been sent to Prime Minister Francois Fillon > for approval. > > The interior ministry says only 1,900 women wear full veils in France, > home to Europe's biggest Muslim minority. > > In 2008, a French court denied citizenship to a Moroccan woman on the > grounds that her "radical" practice of Islam was incompatible with > French values. > > Story from BBC > NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/8494860.stm > > Published: 2010/02/03 04:38:02 GMT > > -- > Mario Huet > Libertarian Alliance Forum > List Administrator > > ********************************************** > Words cannot picture her; but all men know > That solemn sketch the pure sad artist wrought > ********************************************** > James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night > __._,_.___ > Reply to > sender<[email protected]?subject=france+bars+citizenship+over+veil>| > Reply > to > group<[email protected]?subject=france+bars+citizenship+over+veil> > Messages in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum/message/1028...>( > 1) > Recent Activity: > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum;_ylc=X3oDMTJ...> > Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum/post;_ylc=X3...> > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > > NB - The Libertarian Alliance does not necessarily approve of the above > message. > MARKETPLACE > > Going Green: Your Yahoo! Groups resource for green > living<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=14k0vaun9/M=493064.13814333.13821539.1329...> > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkaDdzMHJlBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycEl...> > Switch to: > Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Traditional>, > Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>• > Unsubscribe<[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>• > Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > . > > __,_._,___
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