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Europe
Sarkozy ally 'received death threats' over Muslim veil ban
2010-04-24
A French conservative politician at the forefront of a campaign for a full ban on Islamic veils has been placed under police protection after reportedly receiving death threats.
At this rate, soon enough every honest Western European politician will find his life circumscribed by police protection... because the honest will find themselves forced to admit the danger posed by the jihadis.
Jean-François Copé, who leads the parliamentary group of President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party, has had a security officer accompanying him since January, it emerged on Friday.

Mr Copé submitted a proposed bill on banning the veil in public in January, on grounds of security and women's equality. On Wednesday, the government announced its intention to push through a full ban as early as this summer.

Mr Sarkozy, who has said that full veils oppress women, chose to defy France's highest administrative body, which says a full ban could be declared unconstitutional.

The proposed full veil ban, which neighbouring Belgium is also due to push through, has angered Muslims in the Arab world and received a mixed reaction from Muslims in France; although most do not condone wearing the full veil, many fear they are being stigmatized because of a tiny minority of women.
How can those who don't wear the veil be stigmatized? It is not Islam being forbidden, but an article of clothing.
The French parliament outlawed Muslim headscarves and other "ostentatious" religious symbols from classrooms in 2004.
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