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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:00 AM

The veil vs. French values

A Muslim woman is denied citizenship -- some say because she wears the niqab.
Tracy Clark-Flory

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  • Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:50 PM

    "I wonder if the French authorities would refuse citizenship to a foreign nun who applied for it."

    If the nun in question were ignorant of women's right to vote, she'd also be refused citizenship.

    As someone who lives in a neighbouring country, I'm sad to witness the deterioration of French culture at the hands of radical Muslims, so I applaud this decision.

    And to clear up a misconception I noticed several times in this thread: you can't tell a rabbi by his clothes. Only Orthodox/Hasidic rabbis are recognisable as such, but rabbis of the more modern movements (the vast majority) dress like office workers.

    —hugs_and_kisses Read hugs_and_kisses's other letters

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