A police union says three Saudi women who refused to remove their face veils at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport have been barred entry to France.
A 2011 French law bans people from wearing Islamic face-covering veils anywhere in public.
An official with the SGP-FO police union said today that border police asked the women to remove their veils after they arrived Monday on a flight from Doha, Qatar.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak publicly for the police.
Supporters of the ban say the veil contradicts France's principles of secularism and women's rights. Some Muslim groups say it stigmatises moderate Muslims.
Nicolas Sarkozy's government introduced a ban on all forms of Islamic head coverings, including the niqab and the burka, last year.
Islamic-rights campaigners said it was 'unconstitutional' but Mr Sarkozy said the ban was not aimed at persecuting Muslims, merely part of an effort to make France a more tolerant, inclusive society.
When it was introduced, he said the ban was aimed at stopping criminals – from terrorists to shoplifters – disguising their faces from security staff and CCTV.
Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport, where three Saudi women were refused entry to France
One has been mooted in Britain by a number of politicians, including Conservative backbenchers, but there are no immediate plans to introduce one.
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Well done France, it should be a law everywhere. We should be able to identify who and what is under the vail for everybody s safety.
ReplyDeleteYou ban a religious mode of dressing n yet,claim there is religious tolerance! U ban innocent muslim women from obeying their religious creed,yet legalise abortion n homosexualism. U ban what's legal in a religion and allow what's a sin in d sight of God! Signs of end time.
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ReplyDeleteyou dislike what God has interest on and allow what God say it is a sin because this the people that obey Almighty Allah well God is there looking at every body he will judge accordingly
ReplyDeleteYou cannot wear mask and allowed to enter a country.Is it possible? How will their passport be?Do they appear in their passport with face veil or did they demand for a fellow female to examine them.We need to know.
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