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It has to do with the history and rich culture of France. Unlike the US which doesn't have a comparable historical and cultural record, but already had a big mix of cultures since its existence.
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The wearing of the Burka is seen as a symbol for womanunfriendly people/regimes/... (for example: saudi Arabia) and therefor extremely opposite to the French cultural values.
The difference between France and the US is that freedom of clothing is more important in the US than the equality of man and wife (While in France it s the opposite). Some countries just don't see the Burka as that kind of symbol, but the truth is that it is an extremist religious symbol that stands for inequality between man and woman. If not, then why would men not be forced to wear it? More and more European countries are considering to ban it, it s just a matter of time ...
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, French for "Liberty, equality, fraternity (brotherhood)"
Liberté, égalité, fraternité - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The wearing of the Burka is seen as a symbol for womanunfriendly people/regimes/... (for example: saudi Arabia) and therefor extremely opposite to the French cultural values.
The difference between France and the US is that freedom of clothing is more important in the US than the equality of man and wife (While in France it s the opposite). Some countries just don't see the Burka as that kind of symbol, but the truth is that it is an extremist religious symbol that stands for inequality between man and woman. If not, then why would men not be forced to wear it? More and more European countries are considering to ban it, it s just a matter of time ...
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