Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Sarkozy to submit bill banning Islamic face veils

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hK82ydQcO5FBaL5caQTmftPnyNLwD9F7L0KO0

Nicolas Sarkozy, who is the current French president, ordered legislation that would ban Islamic facial veils in public in France. France has western Europe's largest Muslim population. Muslim women traditionally wear veils to hide their face in public. Sarkozy feels the veils conflict with European culture and are oppressive to women. Muslim groups feel that the legislation violates their civil rights are freedom of expression.

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