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Total public ban on burkha in France risks being 'unconstitutional' | France's top administrative body has warned President Nicolas Sarkozy's government that a total public ban on the burkha, the full Islamic veil, risks being found to
be unconstitutional. However, a ban on face-covering garments could apply in certain
"high risk" zones for security reasons, it found. The Council of State said a
total public ban on the burkha or niqab could well violate the French constitution
and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms, The Telegraph reports. "There appears ... to be no legally unchallengeable
justification for carrying out such a ban," it said. Moreover, a ban limited to
the full veil could be viewed as discriminatory and "tricky to put into practice,"
it went on to say, in particular as the majority of women who wear it do so of
their own free will. The conclusions sparked anger among Right-wing backers of
a full ban from President Sarkozy's UMP party. The French president has stepped
up efforts to ban face-covering veils since declaring them "not welcome" in a
speech last June. A parliamentary commission examined the issue for six months
last year before making 15 recommendations in a report in January. It stopped
short of calling for a full ban. |
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