“The veil in front of your eyes is much more dangerous than the veil on my hair.”

[fatpie42]

Comments

[vonheston]

That sign is awesome! (very pretty handwriting, too!)

[fatpie42]

I thought so too. Glad you appreciated it. :)

[hollykitten]

I thought that only veils which cover the face had been banned?

[fatpie42]

Halima, a 53-year-old mother from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, who wears a normal headscarf, was detained by police for standing silently with the niqab-wearers at Notre Dame. She said: "This is the first time I've ever protested over anything. I'm not in favour of the niqab, I don't wear it myself. But it's wrong for the government to ban women from dressing how they want. Islamophobia is on the rise in France. First it's the niqab, then they'll ban the jilbab, then it will be plain headscarves outlawed."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/11/france-bans-burqa-and-niqab

[lil_shepherd]

None of those people have, as far as I am aware, been detained under the new law. They have been detained for an unauthorised protest.

Furthermore, hollykitten is correct.

[fatpie42]

The quote I put there doesn't claim that they were detained under the new law. It says that they were detained for peaceful protest against the law. A protest they decided to join because they weren't prepared to wait until more laws are passed which affect even more French Muslims.