The Clash of Religious Versus Secular "Tolatarianisms"
July 20th, 2008
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Tags: Algeria, British Muslims, Catholics, Faiza Silmi, France, French Muslims, French President Sarkozy, German Muslims, Hijab, Morocco, Muslim Fiqh, Muslims, Religious Symbols, Religious Totalitarianism, Salafi School, Secular Totalitarianism, Spanish Muslims, Totalitarianism, Vatican
The French depiction of a Muslim woman’s practice of her faith as “religious totalitarianism” is clashing with France’s own practice of “secular totalitarianism.” There is no other way to describe it. The case in point is a female immigrant of Algerian background, Faiza Silmi. Her “crime” is her incapacity to assimilate into France. She was [...]