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The French ban on face covering [a] is the result of an act of parliament passed in 2010 banning the wearing of face-covering headgear, including masks, helmets, balaclavas, niqābs and other veils covering the face, and full body costumes and zentais (skin-tight garments covering entire body) in public places, except under specified circumstances.
In France, there is an ongoing social, political, and legal debate concerning the wearing of the hijab and other forms of Islamic coverings in public. The cultural framework of the controversy can be traced to France's history of colonization in North Africa, [1] but escalated into a significant public debate in 1989 when three girls were suspended from school for refusing to remove their ...
On 14 September 2010, an act of parliament was passed resulting in the ban on the wearing of face-covering headgear, including masks, helmets, balaclava, niqābs and other veils covering the face in public places, except under specified circumstances. The ban also applies to the burqa, a full-body covering, if it covers the face. [24]
Ed Yourdon, flickr French President Nicolas Sarkozy's push for an all-out ban on full-face Islamic veils will affect tourists visiting the country, France Veil Ban Will Apply to Tourists Skip to ...
A less politicized argument is that in specific professions (teaching), a ban on "veils" is justified since face-to-face communication and eye contact are required. This argument has featured prominently in judgments in Britain and the Netherlands after students or teachers were banned from wearing face-covering clothing. The public and ...
Since 2009, the ancient country has banned wearing high heels at its historical sites, such as the Acropolis. The ban is based on the logic that high heels put too much pressure on a small area ...
The ban has its legal foundation in a law passed in 2004 banning the wearing of “conspicuous” religious symbols in schools. ... was banned from class on Wednesday for wearing a “kimono ...
The French government's claim that a ban of the use full-face veils was necessary for public safety was not found valid by the Court as it argued public safety concerns could be addressed by more limited restrictions which the Court had previously accepted; for instance the obligation to show the face for identification purposes in certain ...