![]() ![]() The refusal to integrate any complexity to their way of thinking reveals that their arguments were more based on the visceral islamophobia that currently animates the Western world, rather than a true will to understand what lies in this piece of fabric. French politicians all spoke together when they say that it was not specifically subjecting Muslim young women’s hijab but also all other religious signs - they also say that “discreet” Christian crosses were tolerated! The debate that occurred through this law - again, not in Parliament that was not far from unanimity - revealed an intelligentsia in France that used the sacred secularity (oxymoron used purposely!) as a flag and targeted every one who disagreed as “anti-feminist.” Now the fact that these people proclaim themselves feminist while forcing some women to unveil can appear paradoxical. This piece of legislation was forbidding any sign or cloth that manifests “ostensibly” the religion to which the body wearing it belong at school. In 2004, the French government presided by Jacques Chirac designed a law that obtained one of the largest majority of his administration in Parliament (494 votes for, 36 votes against). Hana Tajima, a designer that creates apparels that include hijab for some of them, and not for some others (courtesy of the artist) ![]()
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