ITALY’S F.M. IS OPPOSED TO FACE VEILS…IS THIS A LITTLE PUSHBACK

Posted By on January 28th, 2010

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/01/italian-foreign-minister-lets-ask-ourselves-if-covering-ones-face-isnt-the-first-sign-of-refusal-to.html

Italian foreign minister: “Let’s ask ourselves if covering one’s face isn’t the first sign of refusal to integrate and closing oneself off… from the host community and its traditions”
Indeed. The face veil in its various forms is the most visible symbol of an ideology that wants nothing to do with equality and integration. “Italy: Foreign minister rejects face veil,” from AdnKronos International, January 27:

Florence, 27 Jan. (AKI) – Italy’s foreign minister Franco Frattini on Wednesday voiced his opposition to the face veil. Women wearing the garment pose security issues and symbolise “a refusal to integrate” by Muslim immigrants in a host country, he said.
”Let’s ask ourselves if covering one’s face isn’t the first sign of refusal to integrate and closing oneself off… from the host community and its traditions,” Frattini said.
He was speaking at a conference of young publishers taking place in the Tuscan city of Florence, a day after France moved a step closer to banning the face veil.
A French parliamentary committee on Tuesday issueda report recommending a partial ban on the face veil in hospitals, schools, government offices and on public transport.
“It is the symbol of the repression of women, and… of extremist fundamentalism,” said French parliament speaker Bernard Accoyer upon the presentation of the report.
France’s parliamentary recommendation is expected to be followed by the drafting of a bill and a parliamentary debate on the issue of the face veil, which has sparked heated debate in many European countries.
“I would not legislate on the face veil but would tackle the issue through a wider process,” Frattini said, noting that it raised also security problems.
”When someone enters a bank or a public office veiled from head to toe, it seems logical to me there is a security issue,” he said….

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