(종교) 프랑스 이슬람 여성 부르카 착용금지
프랑스 이슬람 여성 부르카 착용금지
Back now with a hot button fight over whether certain women should be allowed to wear what they want. The drama is playing out right now in France where parliament is considering a law that would make it illegal for women to wear the burka or niqab, the Islamic veil that completely covers women’s faces and bodies. France is one of several countries in Europe where the burka seen by some as a symbol of radical Islam. And if the bill passes there, a lot of people say it will, it could have a domino effect across the continent. We get more here tonight from NBC’s Donna Frezon.
Few women in France are more proud of what they wear than KENSA DERITER The 30-year-old mother of four born and raised in France has worn a burka or niqab for 11 years and says she’d rather go to prison than remove it. “I’m a feminist남녀평등주의자. I wear this by choice and I submit to no man남자에 맡기다, only God.” Certainly not to French president Nicholas Sarkozy. The burka is not a religious sign, Sarkozy had declared, it’s a sign of enslavement노예화. He wants them banned, and the French parliament is now debating a law that would impose $190 fine on women who wear burkas, and men, if they force their wives or daughters to wear them, could be jailed for a year. “This is a choice of hiding completely the face. These are extremists.”
They say, France’s cherished소중히 여기다 secularism세속주의 and its belief in equality, fraternity박애 and liberty. Momentum가속도 for a ban is building across Europe. 64% of the French are in favor. Belgium is about to pass a law. Spain and Italy have bans in some municipalities지자체. And five other countries have some restrictions or are considering full bans. No one sure how many women in Europe wear the burka or a full veil. Here in France, it’s thought to be only about 2,000. So few that critics of a ban say it’s meaningless. It’s only pandering영합하다 to the far right exploiting부당하게 이용하다 fears that Islamists somehow taking over Europe. DERITER feels it’s almost a crime to be Muslim in France now.
“It’s as if the president authorize people to insult us.” Not a day goes by, she says, when she isn’t jeered at우습게 여기다 or threatened. “A man said to me, Sarkozy was right. We don’t want you here. He threatened me with a knife. And he tried to run me over with his car.” It’s left her afraid, but defiant vowing to fight any law that restricts what she and one day her daughters might want to wear. Donna Frezon, NBC News, Avignon, France.