Daniel_Cheung
02-06-2010, 03:03 PM
Man refused citizenship over burka in France
http://wwrn.org/articles/32602/
France's prime minister said yesterday he would sign a decree refusing French nationality to a man who forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil, arguing he "has no place in our country."
The case has arisen amid a fierce national debate about what it means to be French, with the government seeking to legislate for a ban on the head-to-toe burka on the grounds that it is incompatible with French values....
http://wwrn.org/articles/32602/
France's prime minister said yesterday he would sign a decree refusing French nationality to a man who forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil, arguing he "has no place in our country."
The case has arisen amid a fierce national debate about what it means to be French, with the government seeking to legislate for a ban on the head-to-toe burka on the grounds that it is incompatible with French values....