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France bans full face veils, spurring protests
Updated: 2011-04-12 10:17
(Agencies)
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 Kenza Drider, a French Muslim of North African descent, wearing a niqab, walks on a train platform as she arrives at the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris April 11, 2011. France's ban on full face veils, a first in Europe, went into force on Monday, exposing anyone who wears the Muslim niqab or burqa in public to fines of 150 euros ($216) and lessons in French citizenship. [Photo/Agencies] |
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 Kenza Drider, a French Muslim of North African descent, wearing a niqab, arrives at the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris April 11, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
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