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Robertson On Burqa Ban: Don't Like It? Go Back To Africa
On Monday, a law went into effect in France banning Muslim women from wearing burqas in public. The issue was featured on The 700 Club today and it was fascinating to watch Pat Robertson and co-host Terry Meeuwsen struggle to figure out how to react.
On the one hand, it is clearly a violation of religious freedom ... but on the other hand it is only a violation of the religious freedom of Muslims, so it is okay.
After all, Muslims could be hiding bombs under those burkas and they are always stopping and praying, which is an "invasion of the personal rights of everyone else," and if they are not stopped, they are going to just keep demanding special treatment and so, basically, if they don't like it they should just "go back to North Africa":
