RE: Jasmine Loves Children, Magic & Freedom (This Prompts Muslim OutRage)
December 11, 2013 at 12:16 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2013 at 12:19 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(December 11, 2013 at 10:49 am)MarxRaptor Wrote: I believe that what I am actually referring to is the the French form of secularism; Laïcité.
The definition of 'laïcité" is absence of religious involvment in government affairs and absence of government involvement in religious affairs. Banning the niqab is a violation of laïcité, not an example of it.
Political secularism or laïcité is the idea that the government should be as neutral as possible toward religion, neither promoting nor oppressing it. Banning an article of clothing because of what its religious significance is oppression. And it's stupid, since oppresson promotes solidarity in the oppressed.
(December 11, 2013 at 12:16 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:(December 11, 2013 at 12:07 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Boy, is my face going to get chapped when I go skiing when head coverings that cover your face are banned.
Valid point, Quebec extends very far north, and there was times as a kid that it would get so cold here in nova Scotia I had a wear a ski mask to school.
No worries, ski masks are fine in Quebec, only facial coverings with religious significance were banned. It had nothing to do with security concerns.
