Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003
Anti-religious Fanatic Chirac Wants to Ban the Crucifix
Saddamite chief French quisling Jacques Chirac today asked parliament for a law banning Christian crosses, Islamic head scarves and Jewish skullcaps in all government schools.
He said he also wanted to let businesses impose the same ban, supposedly for "safety" or "customer relations."
"Secularism is one of the great successes of the republic," the anti-religious zealot said in an address to the nation. "It is a crucial element of social peace and national cohesion. We cannot let it weaken."
President Chirac said he would push for a law to be enacted in time for the school year that begins next autumn. Such censorship is likely to occur because lawmakers have voiced support for a law establishing secularism.
"For many French, the Islamic head scarf symbolizes Muslim militancy and fears that fundamentalists are making dangerous inroads in France. But Muslims say a ban is discriminatory, violates their freedoms and could provoke a backlash, pushing Muslims out of France's mainstream life. Christian and Jewish religious leaders also have voiced opposition to a law," the Associated Press reported today, focusing, like most media, on the discrimination against the Muslim minority instead of the (nominal) Christian majority.
"The question is no longer freedom of conscience but public order," a report by a 20-member presidential commission claimed last week.
Anti-religious Fanatic Chirac Wants to Ban the Crucifix
Saddamite chief French quisling Jacques Chirac today asked parliament for a law banning Christian crosses, Islamic head scarves and Jewish skullcaps in all government schools.
He said he also wanted to let businesses impose the same ban, supposedly for "safety" or "customer relations."
"Secularism is one of the great successes of the republic," the anti-religious zealot said in an address to the nation. "It is a crucial element of social peace and national cohesion. We cannot let it weaken."
President Chirac said he would push for a law to be enacted in time for the school year that begins next autumn. Such censorship is likely to occur because lawmakers have voiced support for a law establishing secularism.
"For many French, the Islamic head scarf symbolizes Muslim militancy and fears that fundamentalists are making dangerous inroads in France. But Muslims say a ban is discriminatory, violates their freedoms and could provoke a backlash, pushing Muslims out of France's mainstream life. Christian and Jewish religious leaders also have voiced opposition to a law," the Associated Press reported today, focusing, like most media, on the discrimination against the Muslim minority instead of the (nominal) Christian majority.
"The question is no longer freedom of conscience but public order," a report by a 20-member presidential commission claimed last week.
