marlonbrandoishot:

brosephstalin:

thedailywhat:

This Might Not End Well of the Day: France’s controversial ban on full-face veils went into effect on Monday, making the public wearing of burqas and niqabs subject to a fine of 150 euros ($217) and a citizenship course. Individuals charged with forcing women to wear full-face veils could receive a much larger fine and potential jail time.

A leaflet informing police how to implement the law said it did not apply to private homes, hotel rooms, private office spaces, car interiors, and mosques, and that officers could not remove a veil by force, but would only be allowed to warn law breakers that they could be brought to a police station.

According to reports, despite being home to Western Europe’s largest Muslim minority, France has only about 2,000 women who wear full-face veils on a regular basis, and critics believe President Nicolas Sarkozy is “play[ing] up the Muslim question because he is an unpopular president in need of an easy vote-winner.”

In related news, 59 people participating in a banned protest to protest the ban were arrested on Saturday by French police.

[afp / bbc / irishtimes / reuters.]

xenophobia, you’re doing it right

islamaphobia, you’re doing it right

women’s rights, you’re doing it wrong

France is not the United States. France is not Canada. 

France is a country that never openly supported a melting pot or multiculturalism. 

Because of this, I don’t disagree with this ban.

France is saying “We never asked any of you to come here but you can if you wish but you have to obey by our French culture and abide by our societal rules — if you don’t like it, you can get out.”