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France enacts ban on face veilsFrance’s ban on full face veils, a first in Europe, went into force on Monday, making anyone wearing the Muslim niqab or burqa in public liable to a fine of 150 euros (US$216) or lessons in French citizenship.Photo: Kenza Drider, a French Muslim of North African descent, wears a niqab outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, April 11, 2011. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)

France enacts ban on face veils
France’s ban on full face veils, a first in Europe, went into force on Monday, making anyone wearing the Muslim niqab or burqa in public liable to a fine of 150 euros (US$216) or lessons in French citizenship.

Photo: Kenza Drider, a French Muslim of North African descent, wears a niqab outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, April 11, 2011. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)

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