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Church warns against French burqa ban
04-02-2010
The Catholic Church in France has warned against government plans to ban full veils on Muslim women in the country, urging mutual respect between faiths.
"If we want Christian minorities in Muslim majority countries to enjoy all their rights, we should in our country respect the rights of all believers to practice their faith," Bishop Michel Santier, the top French Catholic official for inter-religious dialogue, was quoted as saying by Reuters and the UK's Daily Mail.
He said very few women in France wore full veils and Muslim leaders agreed it was not obligatory in Islam, according to the Mail.
A parliamentary commission last week urged the National Assembly to pass a non-binding resolution condemning full veils and then work out a law banning them.
If Paris passed a law, Santier said, "the result could be the opposite of what is desired and lead to a reaction that increases the number of women wearing this garment.
"A dialogue in truth among believers will help us go beyond mutual mistrust. The path will be long and hard," he said.
French Jewish leaders have also expressed concern about a veil ban, the report said. Santier regretted that the parliamentary commission did not invite Christian or Jewish leaders to give their views during the six-month-long hearings, which ended in December.
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=19175
