Fay Voshell . . . "It almost hurts to repeat the obvious: the belief that infidels should die and that one should act on that belief by murdering infidels – that is the real issue.
"Has not France experienced enough carnage wrought by Islamists to know what the real problem is? Are the Charlie Hebdo incident, the slaughter of innocents during Bastille Day celebrations, and the beheading of Father Jacques Hamel not indicators that France's core problems concerning Muslims will not be solved by the Battle of the Burkini vs. the Bikini?
"Symbolism, especially humiliating symbolism, is a hallmark of secularist progressivism. Banning certain items of clothing and forcing the donning of Western apparel is nothing new. It was Kemal Ataturk who banned the fez, which itself had been introduced a hundred or so years earlier as a modernizing reform to replace the turban. Ataturk banned the hat because it represented nationalists who wished a return to the Ottoman Empire. Ataturk himself wished to ally Turkey with the West, not attach policies to restoration of the Ottoman Empire." . . .
Fay Voshell is a frequent contributor to American Thinker. Her thoughts have appeared in multiple online venues, including RealClearReligion, National Review, CNS, and Fox News.
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