Two French students in their twenties strutted through Paris in niqābs and hot pants to challenge the anti-burqa law going into effect next year.
One of the anonymous Niqabitches is a Muslim and both feel that fining a woman who is voluntarily wearing a niqāb $210 is scandalous.
We were not looking to attack or degrade the image of Muslim fundamentalists, but rather to question politicians who voted for this law that we consider clearly unconstitutional.
If a man forces a woman to go veiled, he will get a $42,000 fine and jail time, a policy the Niqabitches consider disingenuous.
Do we really need a special burqa law to remind us that it is illegal to force someone to do anything against their will?
"strutted through Paris" is not that big brave
Trying this in Marseille would be a suicide!
I agree with you that this law is clearly unconstitutional, and even ridiculous. But in my opinion this protest is a little ridiculous as well. The Burqa represents modesty. It is something that women wear in order to be modest. This video makes me squirm because the reaction they are getting is one of sexual attention. It seems to clearly be antithetical to what a burqa is all about. It doesn’t really say to me that they are protesting this law. I’m not sure what statement they are making, but they aren’t standing up for their right to be able to wear a burqa. It seems a little self defeating to me. I know you already prefaced this, but if I was walking down the street I’d see this as an insult and degradation to Muslim fundamentalists. It doesn’t make me want to take their protest to this issue very seriously.
"We were not looking to attack or degrade the image of Muslim fundamentalists"
I would never guess it. It would be the kind of protest I would subscribe. Try doing that protest in one Muslim country – you'll get the treatment your beloved "Muslim fundamentalists" want to give women also in France.
Also I cannot understand that you actually say that a fundamentalist is someone worthy of respect. What is this? Are cell phones destroying too many brain cells?
Fkking awesome!
Clearly that costume is going to be HUGE this Halloween. I expect a bunch of girls are working on making those outfits right now.