Saturday January 09, 2010
France moves to outlaw the burka and niqab citing égalité
John Lichfield
Independent
Proposal angers Sarkozy as he struggles to contain surge in anti-Islamic feeling
The parliamentary leader of the ruling French party is to put forward a draft law within two weeks to ban the full-body veil from French streets and all other public places.
The announcement by Jean-François Copé, cutting short an anguished six-month debate on the burka and its Arab equivalent, the niqab, will divide both right and left and is likely to anger President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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