French government bans burqas.

[AtheistPhil]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39175408/ns/...ws-europe/

The article is misleading, it gives the impression that the law specifically bans the burqa and niqab.

The actual law prohibits any dissimulations of the face in the public space (with a few exceptions like wearing a helmet on a motorbike,etc ) thus prohibiting the burqa.

If the law had targeted the burqa specifically it would have pissed off the muslim community much more and the law would be blatantly unconstitutional. not a smart move...

One cannot compare it with the ban on the veil in schools as the law passed in 2004 was not found unconstitutionnal by the European Union Justice. On the contrary the law banning burqas will likely be found unconstitutional.