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Will France ban the burqa in 2009?

Background: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has spoken out strongly against the wearing of the burqa by Muslim women in France. In a major policy speech, he said the burqa - a garment covering women from head to toe - reduced them to servitude and undermined their dignity.

Mr Sarkozy also gave his backing to the establishment of a parliamentary commission to look at whether to ban the wearing of burqas in public. In 2004, France banned the Islamic headscarves in its state schools.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8112821.stm

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Created Mon 22nd Jun 1:32pm PST by lola
Changed Question text Mon 22nd Jun 2:16pm PST by sqlman[Admin]: ... burkaburqa in 2009?

Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 11:59pm PST (5 weeks to go) details

 

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Hooded Sweats, long skirts and scarves are OK though....
posted 21 weeks ago
Nothing has been firmly decided yet. There is talk about phasing the burqa out over time, but not just suddenly banning it altogether.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090708/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_burqa
posted 19 weeks ago

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