Make headscarve a common fad.
Giving the benefit of the doubt to Chirac, that he is after the good of French society and its national homogeneity for its further advancement in a common culture, and liberation from religious obscurantism; nonetheless his advocacy of a ban on headscarves for Muslim women is not the way to arrive at this politically correct – to himself – policy.
Now, if he would consult Dr. Susma, he would have received this advice from the pragmatic Susma:
First, in everything do not engage in any head-on collision with any particular minority group on their religious, cultural, or moral beliefs and observances. This course of action always spells disaster for a politician, not to speak of the hatred and even tearing of flesh and shedding of blood it will engender from both sides of the conflict.
Now, find out why a belief or practice is important to a minority group. In the case of headscarves for Muslim women, it is a distinction for them, to tell the whole non Muslim world that they are different.
So, water down that distinction and its importance for them. Make everyone wear headscarves. How do you do that?
Monsieur Chirac, call in your doyens of headgear fashion, instruct them to design various styles of headscarves all with some kind of imitation or allusion to those worn by Muslim women, and popularize headscarves among the general female species of the land, with the result that it will become a common piece of everyday wear for women, not only in France, but by the fad it will generate, even worldwide among Christians and Buddhists and even Jewish women and of course even the most secularist atheist women of society.
Now Mulsim women will have nothing on their head for them to call attention as to a distinction peculiar with themselves only. In time they will forget this religious moral observance of Islam prescribed for women.
Muslim religious moral imams will think of some other gimmick. Then Monsieur Chirac, you are welcome to consult me again.
Susma Rio Sep
