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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 ...
In France and Turkey, the emphasis is on the secular nature of the state, and the symbolic nature of the Islamic dress, and bans apply at state institutions (courts, civil service) and in state-funded education (in France, while the law forbidding the veil applies to students attending publicly funded primary schools and high schools, it does not refer to universities; applicable legislation ...
The French ban against face covering, loi n° 2010-1192 du 11 octobre 2010 interdisant la dissimulation du visage dans l'espace public, was adopted on 11 October 2010 and went into effect on 11 April 2011. While the law bans all kinds of face covering, it was generally understood to especially aim at banning the niqab and burqa. [1]
On 27 November 2019, the Court of Appeal extended the interim suspension of the judgment until 10 December 2019. [60] [61] On 10 December 2019, the Court of Appeal refused to suspend the "unconstitutional" ruling by the Court of First Instance on the anti-mask regulation. A full hearing was scheduled to commence on 9 January 2020. [62] [63] [64]
THE INDEPENDENT’S BANNED BOOKS WEEK: ‘Looking For Alaska’, Green’s 2005 debut, has been a target of book banning efforts for at least 15 years. Clémence Michallon speaks to the author ...
According to the ban, wearing a burqa or a niqab in public can lead to a fine of 1000 kroner (~US$156) in the case of first time offences, rising to 10,000 kr. (~US$1560) for a fourth offence. [10] [11] Under the ban, police are instructed to order women to remove their veils or to leave the public space. Police officers that fail to obey the ...
Updated September 12, 2019 at 10:24 AM The high school swimmer who was disqualified over a controversial "uniform violation" has had her victory reinstated, following accusations that she had been ...