Strache will jetzt auch den Tschador verbieten

Ende der Scheindebatte:

Im Parlament gehen die Freiheitlichen ab morgen nicht mehr gegen die in Österreich de facto nicht existente Burka vor.

Die FPÖ will den hierzulande verbreiteten Tschador (Gesicht frei, Körper verhüllt) verbieten.

Am Dienstag wird der Entschließungsantrag eingereicht, noch diese Woche im Nationalrat behandelt: In dem „Heute“ vorliegenden Papier spricht sich die FPÖ für ein „Verbot des Tragens der Burka, des Nikab, des Tschador und anderer Ganzkörperverschleierungen“ aus. Die Blauen gehen also nicht nur gegen die de facto nicht im Straßenbild sichtbaren Totalverhüllungen durch Burka und Nikab, sondern auch gegen den Tschador vor. Der Tschador bedeckt Körper und Kopf, nur das Gesicht bleibt frei. Auch in Österreich tragen Tausende Muslima diesen Schleier.

Die FPÖ sieht den Tschador als „Symbol der vollständigen Unterwerfung gegenüber dem Mann“. Bewegungseinschränkung und „schwer überwindbare Hindernisse bei der Arbeitssuche“ seien weitere Gründe für ein Verbot. Erschließt die FPÖ Muslimas als Zielgruppe?

Soll in Österreich ein Burka-Verbot eingeführt werden?

Ja, denn die Burka dient dazu, Frauen zu unterdrücken.

Nein, in andere Kulturen sollte man nicht eingreifen. In Österreich gibt es ohnehin kaum Burkaträgerinnen.

{Quelle: http://www.heute.at/news/politik/art23660,1038190}

 

 

 

Niederländisches Gericht: Nikolaus ist Rassist

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shocking to see the EU stand behind anything considered anti-Muslim. But naturally, they hedged their bet. The European Court of Human Rights upheld France’s 2010 ban on full-face veils in public but “acknowledged the law could appear excessive and feed stereotypes“.

 

 

EuroNews (h/t Maria J):  Judges at the Strasbourg-based court, by 15 to 2, said the ban did not violate religious freedom and aimed to ensure “respect for the minimum set of values of an open democratic society” which included openness to social interaction. In their ruling, which cannot be appealed, the judges “accepted that the barrier raised against others by a veil concealing the face in public could undermine the notion of ‘living together’” that France defended in its argument, the court said in a statement.

 

 

It was the first time the court has ruled on niqab and burqa veils, which have stoked controversy in several European states although few women wear them. A French Muslim woman filed the suit for discrimination and breach of religious freedom

France has both the largest Muslim minority in Europe, estimated at 5 million, and some of the continent’s most restrictive laws about expressions of faith in public. Far left Amnesty International said in a statement the ruling was “deeply damaging”, representing “a profound retreat for the right to freedom of expression and religion.”

 

 

 

But Abdallah Zekri, an official of the French Muslim Council that represents most leading mosque associations in France, said the wearing of the full-faced veil was “Salafist dogma” and those who wore it transgressed the law. “I hope that this decision, which comes during the month of Ramadan, a sensitive time, doesn’t become an excuse to rekindle the flame,” Zekri told Reuters.

France, under former conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy, was the first European country to pass a law banning burqa and niqab garments that conceal the face in public. Belgium later followed suit, as did the Swiss canton of Ticino. Authorities said the full-faced veil is a security risk, preventing the accurate identification of individuals, and the law made violators liable to pay a fine of 150 euros ($216) (126 pounds) or attend lessons in French citizenship.

In his arguments before the court in November, the woman’s British lawyer Ramby de Mello said his client felt “like a prisoner in her own country,” calling the full-faced veil “as much part of her identity as our DNA is of ours.”