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02/24/2004 Archived Entry: "Bin Laden deputy criticizes French law banning Islamic headscarves in schools"

Posted by steve @ 03:47 AM EST [Link]

GOOD TO KNOW HE HAS TIME TO SPARE FOR FOREIGN ISSUES: Ayman al-Zawahri apparently has enough time on his hands -- while on the run from American forces -- to comment on the ban of religious headgear in French schools.

"The decision of the French president to issue a law to prevent Muslim girls from covering their eads in schools is another example of the crusader envy that the westerners have against Muslims," the voice said in the tape aired on the pan-Arab Al-Arabiya satellite channel.

" . . . They brag of freedoms and democracy and human rights," the voice said. "This envy that boils in their hearts and overflows in their chests and they pass it on to the generations."

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