My Thoughts On The French Ban
Courtesy http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/ Last Monday, it officially became law in France that any woman who wears full face veil has contravened the constitution and is liable to a fine and a mandatory instruction on French society secularist dictates. There are many sides to this law which the few lines I intend to dedicate to it will not do proper justice to. As such, I wish to restrict myself to the issue of tolerance and social justice. In order to get a proper perspective, let's look at two different scenarios: First, despite the fact that the French parliament has passed the bill into law, ample time was given before its implementation. Yet, some women went out of their way to flout that law, claiming that they are French citizens and that the French government should respect their views. Second, the government of Pakistan goes ahead to enact blasphemy laws in spite of the fact that there are Christians who are citizens of the country. The governme...