France turns away three Saudi women from plane over face veil

[WatanDost]

[h=1]France turns away three Saudi women from plane over face veil[/h]Tuesday, 12 June 2012
By Al Arabiya with AFP

[HI]France has refused entry to three women from Saudi Arabia who declined to take off their face veils (niqab) for immigration officials, forcing them to get a return flight, an airport source said Tuesday.
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[HI]The women arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha at 2:30 pm (1230 GMT) Monday but were denied entry into France after refusing to lift their niqabs to show their faces to police carrying out border controls.
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[HI]They were issued a fine, according to the law and returned to Doha that evening, the source said.[/HI]

France has outraged many Muslims with its law against full veils, which came into force in April 2011 and bans covering ones face in public.

Violations are punishable by a fine of up to 150 euros ($190) or citizenship training.

[HI]The government of former president Nicolas Sarkozy introduced the ban, as the first country in Europe, citing efforts to make France a more tolerant and inclusive society.:lol::lol:[hilar][/HI]

About 300 women were caught breaking the law in the first year it was in force, according to the interior ministry.

Supporters of the ban say the niqab contradicts Frances principles of secularism and womens rights. Opponents however say it stigmatizes moderate Muslims and interferes with personal freedom.

French authorities say the ban aims to stop criminals from being able to disguise their appearance from security staff and surveillance cameras.

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/06/12/220259.html

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[jahanzaibi]

wo post nahi kia jo ya aurteen jahaz may hi burqa uttar ditti hain.. aur under say utna hi kapra nikalta hay jitna chehray ko chopanay kay lia kafi hoo..

jaab islam may mana kay kuffar ki mulkoon may ghooma aur rehnay to sari investment wahan kion ki hooi hay..
islamic country ko sirif imdad kay naam per channay dittay hain.. aur investment europe aur america may kartay hain..

 

[awan4ever]

Jab Saudi Arab kay restrictive laws ke baat hoti hay tu log jawab detay hein "every country has the right to make its own laws".

So whats wrong if France doesnt allow a certain dress code? Its the same as someone in a Muslim country asking a Western woman to cover up and not show extra skin in public.

 

[M_mian]

Two things:
(1) I wish someday a French or a Westerner lady is deported on wearing 'insufficient' clothes at the airport of some Muslim country, especially Dubai.
(2) Why have we made this veil as 'farz' on our ladies. As far as my humble knowledge is concerned, Hijab is ordered not veil. And in hijab, covering your face is not included. Why should we fix those things upon us as 'limitations' which Allah has given as 'relaxation'?