Asalaamu alaykum wa rahmahtullahi wa barakatuh brothers and s
isters in
Islam.
I know, it's been a while since I've made a post. It's the unfortunate result of life getting pretty busy around me. But fear not, this blog will certainly be continuing into 2012 insha'Allah.
Today, in my usual reading I came across the following article, on the
DailyMail website.
A 32-year-old mother from France is set to become the first woman ever to be sent to prison for wearing an Islamic veil.
Hind Ahmas refuses to accept the legitimacy of a Paris court which has ordered her to spend 15 days learning her civic duties.
She was sentenced by magistrates in Meaux, a Paris suburb, yesterday - after being arrested wearing an outlawed veil outside the Elysee Palace in the French capital on April 11.
(This is just an extract from the article, click the headline above for the full story.)
It's really quite, entertaining. 15 days in jail for wearing an article of clothing. I thought the whole point of the law was to protect society from legitimate dangers - rather than to ostracise a whole community and force assimilation. :/ A piece of clothing, a plain piece of clothing at that is both inoffensive and non-threatening. To be honest, I thought the French had gotten totally over their whole 'No niqabis allowed club' treehouse shenanigans by now.
The most humourous (well, it would have been if it was a joke) comment from Nicolas Sarkozy I think I've ever read also appeared in this article - and that is:
"Mr Sarkozy said the ban on head coverings was not aimed at persecuting Muslims, but merely to make France a more tolerant, inclusive society."
THAT'S RIGHT. They claim to be attempting to make France a more tolerant, and inclusive society...Only, the avenue towards their supposed goal is bigoted, discriminative and senseless?
Basically, I think it's time France's alarm clock goes off.
May Allah swt guide all who support this ridiculous laws, and us all. Ameen.
Wasalaam.
Abu Khadijah.
We are totally condemning this act of French security and law and order agencies. This is the pure violation of basic human rights. French Government need to review this law against Naqab. It is clear violation of Islamic Qur'an and Sunnah.
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