Debate of Burqa in France

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Debate of Burqa in France, Niqab

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In June 2009, the French president spelled out the official position of the government regarding burqa attire in France by saying that the burqa is not welcome. However, this ethical challenge is not only based on recent facts, but has existed for many years. Twenty years ago, the debate started with the use of head scarves in schools, but became increasingly significant after the attacks of September 11 in 2001. Influenced by the military presence in Afghanistan, the debate occupied an important place in the minds of the French population.

Is it right to create a new law ordering the ban of burqa in France? Does this new law represent the best way to guarantee the respects of human rights and more specifically women's rights? Are the burqa clad women the only parties affected by this law or will it have some implications for other people and communities as well?

In order to address the global situation of this ethical problem, we will initially define the French debate of burqa by analyzing its stakeholders and the historical outcome of this problem. Subsequently, we will take a look at other countries and define the ethical issues involved.

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[...] The ethical problem The debate The ethnical problem about the burqa in France is not easy to resolve without hurting anybody. At one side, we have the government and all the people who claim that the burqa represents a sign of women submission. For them, the burqa has to be regulated in order to guarantee the human rights and also to respect the secularism. Other extreme thinking people follow this movement with the aim to stop the islamisation in France. [...]

[...] They also weren't able to drive a car. Most of the article I found was published a few years ago. However, it seems that there's a volunteer to accord more importance about woman rights. Today, women are allowed to work even if the government has to give its accord for commercials activities. The dress code has a high importance in this country. It is difficult to find reliable information about the imposed dress code, it seems that Muslims woman have to wear the burqa in public places. [...]

[...] These kinds of women are often French born women and fresh converted to Islam. Another part of these women wear the burqa with the aim to show their disappointment with the French politic. But this situation could be also interpret as positive because they often have a more modern interpretation of Islam and tries to change the minds not only to French people but also to Islamic people. The financial impact If we base the argumentation on the hypothesis that woman who wears the burqa are under the control of their husbands, it should have a financial impact on the French economy. [...]

[...] However, the changes we can observe since 2001 are sometimes unexpected. Today, woman can walk around alone, are allowed to work and are free to roam in public. But the symbol of repression became a sort of protection for some woman because they think that protected them from unwanted male attention. Saudi Arabia Before I start to talk about the conditions in this country I want to give a little appreciation. Since the beginning I started my researches of this ethical problem I tried to be objective between the information I read and my personal point of view about this ethical problem. [...]

[...] How other European counties managed the question. The actual debate represents not a typical French problem, but an ethical problem which concern most of occidental countries. Germany One of the German specificities is that there's no real separation between the government and the church. The religion is teach at school and so also the Islamic religion. The wearing of religious signs is allowed as a liberty or freedom of believing which is guaranteed by the fundamental law. However, the government imposes some limits like in schools. [...]