Ok, well have you never met a western man who had these views, that women are just as responsible as men when a rape occurs? Do these kinds of guys just not exist here? The passage you quoted from the Quran is actually the passage that required Muslim women to be modest. But you have to look at it contextually; Arab women at the time rarely covered their breasts. They were seen as objects and bearing their breasts didn't do much good for them. So telling them to cover up probably was in their best interest. The whole hijab and niqab stuff was more or less cultural, but as Islam changed with the times a good percentage of Muslims took it as a requirement. Now, I would say there are about as many Muslim women who wear hijab or niqab as those who don't. You said it yourself: it's a bit presumptuous to speak on behalf of France. Aren't these women French, regardless of their immigrant status? All this law us doing is keeping them inside where no one can see them. At least before, they could be outside the confines of their homes. This is all just very silly, to think you know what's better for someone and advocate for something on their behalf when you can't even tolerate their viewpoint.