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Actually, YOU sound like a paternalistic slave holder, seeing Muslim
head-scarves as a sign of belonging to a distinct culture, while you
yourself if you were a woman, and had the choice, would never submit to
such an indignity unless you were forced to by tradition, submissive
thought-patterns and a watchful imams.
Now, I will give your email to the many, many workers from Muslim
backgrounds, 1st and 2nd generation, from my union (CNT). I will ask
them to write a response to The point is that the head scarf is being
used as a symbol to scapegoat a religion, a people-- to define that
religion, that people as external stranger and... as unFrench, and
somehow a source of real disturbance in the harmony of society.
Fouad is the General secretary of the Construction workers of Moselle (57-58),
the SIPM (journalists) RP also is made up
of many (2nd generation) migrants (many Iranians), Ali Hussein is a colleague
of mine (with an honours degree and a PhD)
from the teachers' union. They will probably have something more interesting to
say than what I wrote
about the head-scarf being used as a symbol to scapegoat a religion.
Hope you get a response from them, if not, contact the Secretariat of the
United Cleaning workers (RP), 1300 strong CNT
union that is exclusively composed of migrant workers who clean hotels. 95%
women. 70% Muslim.
My own theoretical exertions to denounce the nefarious role of religion in
breaking down class
solidarity are over as of this post.
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