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" If you're asking me in a general context whether I'm for or against the burkini, the response is simple: I oppose the burkini. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Against
Context
Me
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" We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we would like to see - adhere - to secularism. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
See
Country
Like
" Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts, Nicois, Corsicans, Arabs, Italians, Spanish. That's France. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
France
History
Yes
" I decided to make a lifetime commitment against social injustices, against inequalities, and that is why I am profoundly from the Left. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Commitment
Am
Against
" If a big number of young pupils felt secularism was an attack on them, it was because the term had been misused and deformed in the public debate for years by the extreme-right and the right as an attack on Islam. The term had often been misused to point out how Muslims were different to others, and that is clearly problematic. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Islam
Right
Others
" You should be appeasing people as much as possible, not stigmatising them. The ban of the burkini puts into question people's individual freedoms. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Question
Much
People
" When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put in the diversity box: 'You're the new face of diversity.' That annoyed me because I always felt French, and suddenly I was being made to feel I wan't as French as others. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Roots
Feel
Me
" In Europe, we will work towards having a common stance, while in France, we will strengthen our protection for asylum seekers whose lives are in danger because of their sexual orientation. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Danger
Work
Will
" I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Very
Bit
Politics
" We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Belong
Against
Explain
" Some Muslim students experience secularism as an act of aggression. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Aggression
Act
Students
" There is no link between the terror attacks of Daesh and the dress of a woman on the beach. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Link
Woman
Beach
" When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Look
Successful
School
" I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Mind
Great
Success
" Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on the poorer areas and to redress the balance in terms of housing, redressing the balance in terms of schooling. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Balance
Burden
Housing
" People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Imagine
Even
Possible
" On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Because
Values
Talk
" Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a certain type of clothing? "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Going
Clothing
Students
" School is at once a place of hope, but it's also a laboratory that exposes our differences. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
School
Place
Once
" The proliferation of bans fuels stereotypes and discriminates against a community. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Fuels
Community
Stereotypes
" How can a child adhere to school and the notion of secularism when they see their mother rejected from a school outing, stigmatized, left on the sidelines, just because she has a scarf on her head? "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
She
Child
Just Because
" I feel totally French - I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Feel
Roots
Me
" The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Education
Fraud
Time
" It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Values
Also
Family
" School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social mobility. It allowed me to enrich myself, to read, learn and understand. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
School
World
Journey
" My dream of society is a society where women are free and proud of their bodies. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Proud
Society
Women
" We have several million Muslims in France who are mostly moderates or non-practicing. If they feel that it is the only subject in public debate, they won't feel at home and will be tempted to withdraw to their communities. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Debate
Feel
France
" We need everyone to be a feminist. Feminism is the fight for the equality of sexes, not for the domination of one sex over another. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Sex
Equality
Feminism
" I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Like
Who
Children
" Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
India
Different
Inequality
" Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Sex
Change
Equality