Opinion - Burqa ban - a false move

Published on 11 April 2011 at 15:14

Opinion

Burqa ban - a false move

The Independent

Wearing the burqa in public places is now forbidden in France. For the Independent, the new law is a piece of electioneering from an embattled Nicolas Sarkozy, and will worsen the condition of Muslims in Europe.

 

Burqa ban

Islam in Europe - a real problem

Rzeczpospolita

The debate about secularism organised in France by the ruling right-wing UMP party has been decried by the Muslim community as a brutal attack on Islam, while the Left has seen it as a disguised attempt to curry favour with the supporters of the National Front. But no debate at all is a victory for extremism, argues a Polish editorialist.

 
 

Iceland

Icesave agreement booted out second time

Morgunbladid

 
 

Netherlands

Killing prompts gun-license debate

De Volkskrant

 
 

Immigration

Berlin unwilling to accept refugees

Die Welt

 
 

Poland

One year on, Smolensk still divides the Poles

The Independent

 
 

United Kingdom

Sitting on a plutonium mountain

The Independent

 

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