Fatima--Your first post is the most sensible thing I have read on QL in a long time, and your critics only highlight why so many in Europe are fearful that Islam is being used as a tool to oppress rather than liberate women. If they would shut up, then I seriously doubt people would be calling for these bans.
Genesis--Quit pandering to crowd. The police don't arrest all protesters but when it is something this closely followed in the world media and done in front of one of the most public places in Paris, the police have no choice. And, as you surely know, these protesters surely wanted to be arrested in order to give publicity to their cause, because, unlike in the GCC, arrested protesters do not have a habit of dying in jail.
hislam--Liberal is how the French majority define it, as they are a liberal democracy. And how is France doing anything that is not done in Muslim majority countries around the world, including democracies such as Turkey? Your attitude and comments are the reason why Europeans are increasingly seeing Muslims as oppressive influences. France declares itself as secular country and its democratic majority has the right to define it how they wish.
Fatima--Your first post is the most sensible thing I have read on QL in a long time, and your critics only highlight why so many in Europe are fearful that Islam is being used as a tool to oppress rather than liberate women. If they would shut up, then I seriously doubt people would be calling for these bans.
Genesis--Quit pandering to crowd. The police don't arrest all protesters but when it is something this closely followed in the world media and done in front of one of the most public places in Paris, the police have no choice. And, as you surely know, these protesters surely wanted to be arrested in order to give publicity to their cause, because, unlike in the GCC, arrested protesters do not have a habit of dying in jail.
hislam--Liberal is how the French majority define it, as they are a liberal democracy. And how is France doing anything that is not done in Muslim majority countries around the world, including democracies such as Turkey? Your attitude and comments are the reason why Europeans are increasingly seeing Muslims as oppressive influences. France declares itself as secular country and its democratic majority has the right to define it how they wish.