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Open borders newspaper defends Moslem head scarves
The Wall Street Journal doesn’t like the newly announced French ban on Moslem head scarves in state schools. The Journal’s arguments against the ban are of such terminal obtuseness as to make further commentary unnecessary:
Most French Muslims aren’t especially religious, and in many ways their assimilation into French society has been exemplary [sic]. At the risk of sounding (to the French) like Bible-thumpers from Brooklyn or dreaded Texas, we’d also observe that religious expression is in no way incompatible with either a healthy, harmonious society or individual liberty. American history is proof of the point, from Plymouth Rock to the Christmas crèche in today’s public square (the ACLU willing). Posted by Lawrence Auster at December 21, 2003 01:23 PM | Send Comments
Look closely at that ban. They’re also banning Christian crosses to make sure their schools are tolerant and secular. Posted by: Chesterfield on December 21, 2003 2:45 PMI agree with Chesterfield there are valid objections against the ban. But the principal arguments used by the Journal had to do with the defense of Moslem head scarves, not the defense of Christian crosses. Posted by: Lawrence Auster on December 21, 2003 3:20 PMAny act of resistance to Mahometanism is culturally salubrious, but this one was grievously weakened by the cowardly inclusion of traditional French symbols in the ban. Posted by: Shrewsbury on December 21, 2003 6:48 PMGee— The French again!! memo to Alan Levine— they’re anti-Christian too, now!! Posted by: Michael D. Shaw on December 22, 2003 7:30 PM |