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• Sorry for the above mess, my HTML tag skillz are lacking today. It's bedtime here in Paris :)
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• "In no way can a woman wearing a burqa ever be said to have "chosen" it. She is either physically intimidated into wearing it, or brainwashed from childhood into wearing it, or culturally pressured into wearing it." Presumption, presumption, presumption.
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• Also, Sarkozy doesn't give a flying flark about women's equality. This issue is a red herring.
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• The law banned all "ostentatious" religious symbols, though it was largely understood to be targeted at Muslim women. Hence the name "headscarf law." Funnily enough, the people most affected by the headscarf law were Sikhs, who had to remove their
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• Hi Lori! Sending Weld 36 love your way :)
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• "I'd like to point out that a woman who would original wear a burqa wouldn't wear a t-shirt because it violates Islamic codes of modesty." Are you sure? Today I saw a woman wearing hijab and a short-sleeved blouse (and (posted to Sarkozy supports burqa ban )
• here's an excellent article that outlines both sides of the debate. it's also very interesting that Mohammed Moussaoui, the President of France’s Representative Muslim Council, supported Sarkozy's call for a ban on the burqa. http://www.mindreign.com/en/mindshare/World-Politics-and-Current-Events/Sarkozy-3a-e2-80-9cMuslim-Burqas-are-Unwelcome-e2-80-9d/sl34045952bp295cpp5pn1.html (posted to Sarkozy supports burqa ban )
• "To raise the subject like this, via a parliamentary committee, is a way of stigmatizing Islam and the Muslims of France," Mohammed Moussaoui, the head of the French Council for the Muslim Religion, told AFP last week. "We are shocked (posted to Sarkozy supports burqa ban )
• Hi Lori! I can't wait to hear what you have to say!! (Have fun on vaca Jessica!!) (posted to Meet Lori! )
• Yo! Welcome! Look forward to reading about CEDAW and its relations to women's health, as well as, since you did studies about Chile, pisco! Marc (posted to Meet Lori! )

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