"Niqab" is officially banned in France!..

This Tuesday the French senate passed a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil in public. The senate voted 246 to 1 in favor of the bill in the final phase before the ban turns into a law. This move affects less than 2000 women however possible implications are many. This law would stigmatize the French Muslim population which at an estimated 5 million is the largest in western Europe though Muslim leaders have agreed that Islam does not require a women to hide her face. After this law has been passed numerous Muslim women who veil their face have said that they are now being continuously harassed in the streets.

In addition to this many Muslim women believe the legislation might act as a catalyst in raising the level of Islamophobia in the country. But on the other side people who support this law say that such a step will preserve the nations value, worldly and fraternal foundations as well which they believe are not possible when people are hiding their faces. They even believe that is aimed at increasing the strength of gender equality, womens self-esteem and security. Most importantly they think that it is upholding the countrys secular values. All this is the opinion of people who are not Muslims but the views of Muslim should also be given consideration its their religion they should be given freedom to practice their religion their own ways but in France this law is forbidding Muslim women to veil their face this might hold importance for them in their own way.

France became the first European country to pass such a law. This law has gone to such a extreme that if any women is caught covering her face they would have to give a fine of euro 150 and plus there are strict penalties for anyone, such as husbands and brothers convicted of imposing the veil. This way Muslims would not at all feel comfortable living in such a country where they are being under pressured with such laws. And I strongly believe that every country should give equal freedom to all its citizens regardless of any religion they belong to. This is totally wrong as it seems that Muslims are being targeted purposely everywhere in the world!!