'Burqa ban' in Europe
A court in suburban Paris on Thursday handed out fines to the first two women tried in France for violating a ban on wearing face-covering garments in public. The French case is interesting for how it deals with the question of how to impose a law on a type of veil that is considered religious by some while leaving out all references to religion and gender. Similar measures are proposed in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. Italy and Belgium already have a similar law.
