October 27, 2020
NO ONE EVER MEANS "NEVER AGAIN":
To fight radical Islam, France is limiting religious freedoms -- with the blessing of its Jewish minority (Cnaan Liphshiz, October 27, 2020, The Forward)
As the French government rolls out a controversial plan that amounts to its most robust crackdown on religious activity in decades, it is enjoying broad support from at least one of the country's faith communities: French Jews.Jewish community leaders have applauded President Emmanuel Macron's effort to counter what he calls "Islamist separatism" with a plan that would require children to attend state-recognized schools from the age of three, effectively barring the practice of Muslim home-schooling, and mandate an oath of allegiance to the state from religious associations.The new plan would also increase oversight of foreign funding for mosques and end a program that allows the children of immigrants to receive subsidized lessons in their parents' native language.
No yellow crescents yet?
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 27, 2020 2:23 PM
