French PM Announces Anti-Niqab Law for July

French PM Fillon announced to Parliament his government would push for new law prohibiting full head-coverings.
French PM Announces Anti-Niqab Law for July
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/french98636242.jpg" alt="Anne (R), a French Muslim woman fined for driving while wearing a full-face veil, answers journalists' questions on April 23 in Nantes, western France. Police stopped the woman and fined her 22 euros (US$29) on the grounds that her niqab�an Islamic veil with a slit for the eyes�restricted her view so she could not drive safely. (Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images)" title="Anne (R), a French Muslim woman fined for driving while wearing a full-face veil, answers journalists' questions on April 23 in Nantes, western France. Police stopped the woman and fined her 22 euros (US$29) on the grounds that her niqab�an Islamic veil with a slit for the eyes�restricted her view so she could not drive safely. (Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1820558"/></a>
Anne (R), a French Muslim woman fined for driving while wearing a full-face veil, answers journalists' questions on April 23 in Nantes, western France. Police stopped the woman and fined her 22 euros (US$29) on the grounds that her niqab�an Islamic veil with a slit for the eyes�restricted her view so she could not drive safely. (Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images)
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