[Avodah] [Areivim] Veils and Terrorists

[Ben Waxman]

Actually it is only aimed at the muslims. The French couldn't care less
about kippot, but they had to write the law so that it could be accepted.

Also the French chief rabbi had told Jews not to wear kippot in public. So
that being the case how can anyone claim yaharog v'lo ya'avor?

Ben
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Israel" <dmi1 at cornell.edu>
> I'm curious, has anyone heard a psak whether to consider this a
> yaharog v'lo ya'avor?  AIUI, the halacha is that any demand to violate
> even a minhag falls in this category, but only if it is done as an
> attack on Torah, not if it is done for other reasons.  Here the law is
> not aimed at Judaism specifically, but it is aimed at religion.