Posted on 12/06/2016 7:31:15 AM PST by COUNTrecount
Angela Merkel calls for a BURKA BAN: German leader says 'the full veil is not appropriate here' in astonishing U-turn
German chancellor made the remarks at her conservative CDU party conference
She told the audience 'the full veil is not appropriate here and should be banned'
The 62-year-old recently announced she is seeking a fourth term as chancellor
Angela Merkel has called for a burka ban after saying the 'full veil is not appropriate' in Germany. In an astonishing U-turn, the German chancellor told her conservative CDU party conference that wearing the burka should be outlawed 'wherever that is legally possible'. It comes after the 62-year-old stressed her determination to ensure there is no repeat of last year's huge migrant influx as she seeks a fourth term as chancellor. Merkel said she would back a nationwide ban just months after revealing that she believed the burka was a barrier to Muslim women becoming integrated into German society.
She told Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland in August: 'From my point of view, a completely covered woman has almost no chance of integrating herself in Germany.
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Throwing the opposition a bone.
Sure, go after the clothes and not the sick culture. Nuns aren’t blowing everyone up just because they cover up
I do not agree on the grounds that this is superficial (and also only targets women).
There are MANY other more important issues which keep Muslim immigrants form fully assimilating into German (and Western) countries.
By focusing on the burka, we are sweeping these other issues under the rug. Plus, it is not usually immigrant women who e cause the most problems. This is putting them in a position where they will be even further pushed into never being able to go out.
In short, it is not the piece of cloth that is the problem. The Chancellor is essentially hiding behind the veil so as not to have to confront the real issues.
Great point.
Good luck with all that.
Exactly. Blame women, blame a piece of cloth, but never under any circumstances identify the real problem.
How about a Merkel ban?
Just because one of your own nailed it.
Tough.
Just because one of your own nailed it.
Tough.
The people of Arizona and South Carolina keep electing McCain and Graham.......
Wow. The great armies and powers of Europe have unleashed their fury at the foreign invaders who are decimating their countries. They have decided to demand they wear appropriate clothing as they kill Europeans
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