French Police Warned Not To Catch Any Woman Wearing A Hijab
Police in France have been warned not to play catch every Muslim women who wear hijab either within or around the mosque. Instructions were issued by the French Interior Minister, Claude Guenter, contained in a circular issued to page nine officers, before the ban burka in all directions, in effect next week.
With the emphasis that about six million Muslim community, residents have been warned not to 'conspire'. That means that residents will not be allowed to play their own laws if they see a woman 'hiding' (read: head-scarf) in public places.
Instead they should call the police, which in turn will consider whether the offender should be fined 150 euros, or about 132 pounds. This will apply to all clothing that covers the eyes, though hats, scarves, and glasses not included.
Similarly, in the mosque, Muslims will also be able to use the veil in the privacy of their own homes, hotel rooms, or even a car, as long as they are not driving. Police have complained that they have to waste time 'chasing constantly veiled women'. Denis Jacob, policeman States Alliance, added: "We have things more important to deal with ..."
Last year, women in Paris were fined after tearing the Muslim veil in a busy department store in the first known case of 'burka rage' of this country. The attacker said he was very angry because he saw the other people who are shopping conceal their physical identity by wearing a hijab.
New hijab, which will come into force on 11 April, will mean that France is the second country in Europe, after Belgium, who officially introduced a complete ban on the outfit, called by the Minister of Immigration Eric Besson as a 'walking coffin.'
'While women face a fine guidance' civic duty 'and if they break the law, people who force their wives or daughters wear burkas will face imprisonment for one year and fines of up to 25 thousand pounds.'
A source at the Ministry of Home Affairs said: "The area around the mosque will be exempted from the ban. The purpose of the new law does not lead to humiliation, or even persecution. This is to ensure that people do not cover their faces in public in a way that would disrupt other people. "
Various posters have been displayed in bustling French city hall, which it says, 'Life of the Republic with a closed face.'
"Belgium introduced a complete ban last year, while one also looks likely in the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. There are no plans to introduce a similar ban in the UK, although politicians from the UK Independence Party and some Conservative MPs have suggested.
