If they banned the niqaab, I think it’s fair to ban wearing scarves over your face in winter, ski masks, and nuns should not be allowed to cover their heads, crosses must never be worn, nor Stars of David or any religious symbols whatsoever. Ban the yin-yangs too, and peace signs. They corrupt out children! Eek! Start bulldozing the cathedrals! The mosques! Synagogues! Destroy any paintings that dare hint at religion, even the Mona Lisa.

Géji,

I agree and share many of your points. Boycotts are effective as long as awareness is maintained. Muslims have failed to make the issue of French racism and secularism totalitarianism global. I don’t like reactionary reprisals but the French seem to hate Islam and Muslims as a matter of national policy. These absurd bans, one after the other are a reflection of that.
I would hate to be a Muslim in France.

> “Vous habitez en France ?”

Non, pas présentement, mais je suis née et a grandi là bas, connaison par cœur le fonctionnement français, et le racism établi.

> “A boycott hasn’t so far seemed to have had any effect on Isreal so why should a boycott work against france ?”

Oh God, Sir David, please, not you too. But seriously, what’s with this “new age” of being extremely passive, way too laidback and just-take-it attitude towards the evil of this world? I’m only early 30, but I’m already worried that with all our better education, and easier access to information, to see the attitude of my generation , and the one above, and even worse are the one bellow, as being literally bunch of gutless, spineless idiots, who even if they were to let know to be driven to the slaughter house, will still not protest an-iota even when the blade it’s clearly letting down on their throat. I think they more busy chasing episodes and worrying what the Paris Hiltons and Kardashianss and “housewives” of this world, next plastic surgeries and shopping-sprees will be. No kidding, I’ve seen people in their late 40′s or 50′s literally shaking in excitement for the next divertissement episodes of this creatures. But anyway, to answer you question about the BDS-movement, where have you been? Israel clearly is starting to panic, as its getting more and more attention on global scale, just around my neighbourhood I know of few stores with whom the campaign has succeeded, they’re not big stores I’ll admit, but still, I’m sure BDS see it as victories. Just for the past few months there’s been few documentaries, including one from International news-outlet Aljazeera-English, being dedicated to this movement, some for, while others against of course, but that’s the precise effect of how its beginning to piss-off the Zionist lords. So lets not underestimate the power of ordinary citizens and what they can do with it, even if it seem hard at the beginning, and it is, its with tenacious attitude that we’ll be able to bring down, or at least lower whatever injustices this world seem impregnated with, and which are getting bigger and bigger by the minute.

Sir David,

I’d miss my Normandy Cabernet and Brie but since I haven’t had them since my supply ran out (have you ever tried getting good cheese in Asia?! You can’t even get someone to post it to you!) I’m sure I will manage and they will manage without my custom… as you say a boycott is hardly the way to go.

Jack

Rajesh says: “Perhaps Muslims should organize to create a movement aimed at French products and “culture,” they certainly have good reasons for it.”

Thank-you for stating that. And you’re absolutely right that there are enough reasons, more than enough in fact, to start such “movement”. And even more better reason to say enough is enough, is the fact that France has been behaving such ways towards Muslims for years and years now, without any substantial and merited backlash from Muslims. Clearly France is trotting towards definite oppression of Muslims and their religious freedom. And clearly no one is denying who’s all those French worrying “laws” that keep on getting worse and worse as years go by, and are most obviously been pulled-out straight from their asses in violation of international human-rights, are aimed at. And although other French religious communities may suffer in the line of fire coming from those “laws”, clearly the specific target are the Muslims. Thus yes, there’s absolutely legit reasons for defense, or JIHAD, for the obvious signs of France’s religious oppression are all indicated in the Qur’an. And, no-no-no, relax, I’m not talking about dumb-ass Bin Laden “style”, and he’s utterly despicable, brainless and unnecessary violence, which in every way was sooo unproductive that it ended-up hurting Muslims more than anyone else. No, what the global Muslims are ought to be doing though, since France behaviour is clearly moving towards the denial of Muslims to worship freely and to fulfill their religious obligations, is what you said -”to create a movement aimed at French products and culture”- and to petition Muslims across the globe to CUT complete ties, mainly through economically and culturally, to strangle them with economic boycotts on individually organised level. A major dream of economical and cultural blow to France would have been to ban their export goods from all Muslim countries, then kick-out all their diplomates, close their embassies, to then BAN and leave behind the French language that is used as the “chiefly supreme” source and basis for everything from education to café converstions, in pathetically backward, colonial mentality Muslim countries such those in North and East Africa like Tunisia, Algeria, Senegal, Djibouti and Morocco, but let’s not dream that the corrupt dictators “governing” those countries will comply. Nay, they’re way tooo busy kissing Frenchy ass, in exchange of course for the pitiful safeguard of their colonially tied-ass, dictator “thrones”. But maybe if we were to activate Muslim citizens of those countries à la Arab-awaking to push things, but let’s not go there either since they’re already in the midst of slaughter-gratis in their own Jihad to reclaim their freedom from such “colonial thrones”, although with dictators no one knows where the wind will blow, so they may turn on on their French bosses for a while, to distract the beef their own citizens are aiming at them. So yes definitely, Muslims should be to avoid buying or promoting anything that has “French” in it, and if the majority non-Muslim, French citizens who while possessing the liberty to protest such unjust “laws” clearly designed to oppress a minority co-citizens, are silent themselves, then what can we Muslims do but to try ourselves and protest in the most peaceful ways that is known-of, to change things and stop the dangerous path France is taking?

What will happen is, French women who use child services will simply find them harder to attain…then they will hire other immigrants…until they get tired of something in thier culture, and ban it too.

My personal opinion is, France is simply Saudi Arabia without the religion.

Yet more election posturing I did warn you folks there will be more of nonsence until May at least

QualifiedAgnostic brings up some good points. While not Muslim, I can’t help but dislike the French and their nasty brand of “secularism.” Will they force my wife not to have a bingya on her forehead as well? They are mean spirited bigots. Perhaps Muslims should organize to create a movement aimed at French products and “culture,” they certainly have good reasons for it.

French secularism isn’t true secularism. True secularism is abstaining from establishing a national religion. Religion is neither marginalized nor upheld in favor of another.

French “secularism” on the other hand, is actually anti-religionism. The government in France is getting involved in religion by trying actively to marginalize it.

French governmental anti-religionism needs to go and true secularism needs to be established.

This proves that it was an anti-Islamic move all along. For those who supported the ban on niqab, you are the ones who gave them the blessings to continue to systematically destroy religious freedom.

No one should have to choose between work and faith.