Truth about Niqab 1of 3
At 11% France has the largest Muslim population in Europe, estimated to be some 7 million strong. Yet they are excluded from all positions of authority and decision making. There is not a single Muslim in the 577 seat French National Assembly, and out of some 36,000 mayors there is not a single Muslim. Muslims face the worst discrimination in society; they have the worst housing; and the highest level of unemployment.
Islamophobia is rampant in France and is openly accepted and encouraged in respectable society. To illustrate the perception of Muslims in France I will relate an incident that was reported by a BBC correspondent in Paris.
She was sitting in a café in Paris with a French friend Antoine when two homosexual men in tight t-shirts walked passed hand in hand, occasionally stopping to kiss one another.
That's disgusting!" exclaimed Antoine, a middle-aged, rather conventional French businessman.
"What, the two men?" She asked.
"No, no, not them. Behind them, the two women."
She looked but she couldn't see anything amiss. All she saw were two young women, walking past chatting to one other.
She turned to Antoine, mystified.
"The veils!" he exclaimed.
"Veils?" she asked.
"Yes, those headscarves," he said. "That shouldn't be allowed here in France."