Burqa-Clad Muslim Women Face 750-Euro Fine in France,

Islam, Women and Feminism

Burqa-Clad Muslim Women Face 750-Euro Fine in France

RTTNews) - Women who wear the burqa--the all-encompassing garment with a mesh over the eyes and worn by traditional Muslim women--in public places will be fined Euro 750 (USD 1000) under laws being considered in France.

Men, who force their wives or other female members of their families to cover their faces, will be fined double the amount.

Lawmakers are set to vote on the proposal this month following a long and impassioned debate over the merits of outlawing the burka and niqab--a full-body veil with eye slits.

The move is coming ahead of the release at the end of the month of a much-awaited report by a parliamentary panel that conducted six months of hearings on the issue.

Jean-Francois Copé, president of Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling UMP Party in parliament, is set to introduce the draft law in the National Assembly. Sarkozy had said veils were 'not welcome' as they intimidated and alienated non-Muslims, especially in secular France.

Asserting that the new legislation was intended to protect the 'dignity' and 'security' of women, he added that wearing either would be tolerated only under exceptional circumstances, such as "cultural events or carnivals."

Copé, who insists the law is based on considerations of public safety as also sexual equality and does not restrict religious practices, said the committee has consulted religious and secular figures who all confirmed [the burka] is not a religious prescription.

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Zionism was an ‘abnormal’ Jewish nationalism, Islam and the West, NewAgeIslam.com

Islam and the West

Zionism was an ‘abnormal’ Jewish nationalism

By Shahid Alam

'Zionism was a grave assault on the history of the global resistance to imperialism that unfolded even as Jewish colons in Palestine laid the foundations of their colonial settler state. The Zionists sought to abolish the ground realities in the Middle East established by Islam over the previous 1,300 years. They sought to overturn the demography of Palestine, to insert a European presence in the heart of the Islamicate, and to serve as the forward base for Western powers intent on dominating the Middle East'

The ultimate goal... is, in time, to take over the Land of Israel and to restore to the Jews the political independence they have been deprived of for these two thousand years... The Jews will yet arise and, arms in hand (if need be), declare that they are the masters of their ancient homeland." -- Vladimir Dubnow, 1882

Zionism is best described as an abnormal nationalism. This singular fact has engendered a history of deepening conflicts between Israel -- leading an alliance of Western states -- and the Islamicate more generally.

Jewish "nationalism" was abnormal for two reasons. It was homeless: it did not possess a homeland. The Jews of Europe were not a majority in, or even exercised control over, any territory that could become the basis of a Jewish state. We do not know of another nationalist movement in recent memory that started with such a land deficit -- that is, without a homeland.

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General Zia's Death, a Criminal Conspiracy, Current affairs, NewAgeIslam.com

Current affairs

General Zia's Death, a Criminal Conspiracy

By Ijaz-ul-Haq

17 Sep, 2009

The mortal remains were shifted to CMH Multan. The Doctors performed post mortem on Brig Gen Wassom which revealed that he had died while in the air and before the plane hit the ground. For rest of the victims, the doctors were stopped from conducting the post mortem. If done, it could have determined their cause of death. The Board of Inquiry had confirmed the presence of sulphur, antimony and other lethal chemical agents on the damaged parts of the wreckage. It is also suspected that some odourless poisonous gases were leaked inside the cockpit rendering the crew unconscious and unable to act or speak. That is how, it is deduced No “Mayday” signals were received at the Control Tower.

The US Law requires mandatory FBI investigation into the killing of any US National in any part of the world. In this case, when an FBI Team was about to leave for Pakistan, in a mysterious manner, it was stopped by US Secretary of State. It is also surprising that the Team which had already arrived to assist in the investigation was without any formal request by the Government of Pakistan.

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