Thread: Al Qaeda 'dreadful revenge': France plans to ban burka

Al Qaeda vows 'dreadful revenge' on France over plans to ban the burkha

By Ian Sparks
Last updated at 7:02 PM on 02nd July 2009

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Burkha: President Sarkozy's call to ban the garment led to the terror threat

Al Qaeda terrorists have vowed to 'wreak dreadful revenge' on France over its plans to ban the burkha.

The chilling warning comes after President Nicolas Sarkozy said the Islamic garment which covers the head and body 'debases women' and is not welcome in his country.

French MPs have set up a commission to decide if it should be made illegal for women to hide their faces in public.
Now leaders of Al Qaeda's North African network have called on French Muslims to react 'with the utmost hostility'.

One Islamic extremist website carried the message: 'We will seek dreadful revenge on France by all means at our disposal, for the honour of our daughters and sisters.

'Our Mujahadin followers must not remain silent in the face of such provocation and such injustice.'

The call for an inquiry into burkhas was made two weeks ago by Left-wing deputy Andre Gerin, who described them as 'mobile prisons'.

He said: 'We find it intolerable to see images of these imprisoned women when they come from Iran, Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia.

'Today in many cities, we see several Muslim women wearing the burkha, which covers and fully envelops the body and the head, or the niqab which allows only the eyes to be shown. They are totally unacceptable on the territory of the French republic.'

President Sarkozy supported a ban, saying: 'These head and body covers make women prisoners and deprive them of their identity.

'The burkha is not a religious sign, it's a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement.

'I say solemnly that it will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic.'


'Not welcome in France': Mr Sarkozy, pictured in Paris yesterday, said last week that the burkha is a sign of 'subserviance' and the 'debasement' of women

Paris Mosque leader Dalil Boubakeur supported the proposal for a commission, adding: 'There is a growing number of women wearing the burkha in France, which could be taken as a sign that some fundamentalist trends are gaining ground.

'But any official debate on this issue should be on the condition that they listen to what the experts on Islam have to say on the issue.'

In 2004, France - which is home to Europe's largest Muslim population of five million - banned school pupils from wearing veils and other religious symbols as part of the government's drive to defend secularism.
Last year, the country's highest court refused to grant French citizenship to a Moroccan woman who wears a burkha on the grounds that her Muslim practices were incompatible with French gender equality and secularism laws.

Reacting to the Al Qaeda terror threat, a French government spokesman said: 'Our security services will remain on their continuously high level of vigilance against any threat to security in France.'
The commission of 58 MPs is expected to announce its decision later this year on whether a law should be passed to ban the burkha.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... urkha.html

What would happen to a woman in Algiers wearing a tank top a miniskirt and a cross? Al-Qaeda seems to be after one way respect of the right of choice they think it should happen only in France.

Talk about a bunch of control freaks! The arrogance of these people is totally mind blowing!!!!!!!!!! I hope Sarkozy stands his ground on this one!

Al Qaeda terrorists have vowed to 'wreak dreadful revenge' on France over its plans to ban the burkha.



Oh puh-leeze. And just how many of their own will they manage to take out in the process?

What's the point of that over berka banning when you're only going to blow the berka-wearing straight to Kingdom Come in the process of wreaking this "dreadful revenge"

Sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Al Queda might be patient but they aren't overly bright that I can see.