Mark Pack

Here’s your starter for ten for our Saturday slot posing a view for debate:

Although it is estimated that no more than 2,000 people in France wear a burka, it has become a hot topic of political debate:

A parliamentary commission [has] proposed a ban on the garment in all public services facilities, including transport.

The commission’s report stops short of recommending a complete public ban on the head-to-toe covering, which conceals the face, wanted by many politicians. Instead, it calls for those wearing the garment to be denied access to hospitals, buses, welfare offices and all other public facilities. (FT)

As the French plan to impose a ban on the burqa attracted criticism from different quarters around the world, French ambassador to India Jerome Bonnafont said that the burqa and naqab were in contradiction of principles of freedom and equality … The French ambassador further said that the burqa was `unacceptable’ in terms of security and for the women rights movement. (The Economic Times)

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