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French Muslims Campaigning to Overturn Anti-Muslim Laws

10:21 - March 16, 2014
News ID: 1387463
On the 10-year anniversary of France’s ban on the hejab in public schools, Muslims and their supporters have begun a campaign to overturn the country’s steadily-increasing number of Islamophobic laws.

Activists do not expect to get such laws overturned anytime soon, as they have broad political support, but they say the effort can be a rallying point for a Muslim community which is fragmented and often alienated from the political process.

There is no political party which attempts to serve the needs of the Muslim community: From the far-right National front, to the conservative UMP, to the Socialists, to the Left Front and to the Communists, all of France’s political parties are seemingly anti-Muslim or anti-religion.

During this election season in France, anti-Muslim comments have become so routine that many no longer make headlines.

The effective state-sanctioning of Islamophobia has created a climate where Muslims feel that they can be abused or discriminated against with far more prevalence and ease than any other group.

Many in France say that laws like the ban on burqas are designed to protect women, but many French feminists realize that they are yet another attempt to control a woman’s individual freedom and personal expression.

Source: Press TV

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