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- Title
France Votes Yes.
- Authors
Ismail, Benjamin
- Abstract
The article discusses the ban on clothing meant to hide the face enacted by the French national assembly on July 13, 2010. While not mentioning the burqa or niqab, a veil and a body covering worn by Muslim women, the law placed a ban on the concealing Islamic clothing, the article notes. A number of topics are addressed including remarks by Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, in support of the ban, the fact that many of the women wearing such garments were of French nationality, and provisions of a similar measure passed in Belgium.
- Subjects
FRANCE; ISLAMIC clothing &; dress -- Law &; legislation; BURQAS (Islamic clothing) -- Law &; legislation; NIQAB (Islamic clothing); SARKOZY, Nicolas, 1955-; SARKOZY Administration; MUSLIM women
- Publication
Middle East Quarterly, 2010, Vol 17, Issue 4, p47
- ISSN
1073-9467
- Publication type
Article