{"id":129,"date":"2010-05-19T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/05\/france-moves-closer-to-law-against-full-face-veils-angering-some-muslims-women.html"},"modified":"2010-05-19T17:29:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T17:29:14","slug":"france-moves-closer-to-law-against-full-face-veils-angering-some-muslims-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/05\/france-moves-closer-to-law-against-full-face-veils-angering-some-muslims-women.html","title":{"rendered":"France Moves Closer to Law Against Full Face Veils, Angering Some Muslims, Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/world\/europe\/10129324.stm\">cabinet has just approved a bill making it illegal for women <\/a>to wear face-hiding&nbsp;veils in&nbsp;public, angering some people who believe this kind of legislation <a href=\"http:\/\/pewforum.org\/Religion-News\/Women-protest-as-French-Cabinet-gets-veil-ban-bill.aspx\">discriminates against devout Muslim women and prevents them from practicing their religion freely<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BBC, however, the French Parliament still needs to approve the bill for it to become law, and France&#8217;s top legal advisory body has warned that&nbsp;such legislation&nbsp;may be unenforceable.<\/p>\n<p>Legislators in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Global-News\/2010\/0430\/Belgium-veil-ban-passes-with-widespread-support\">neighboring Belgium&nbsp;approved a similar ban <\/a>a few weeks ago, but due to&nbsp;upcoming elections, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/ireland\/2010\/0519\/1224270655012.html\">it hasn&#8217;t become law yet<\/a>. Bans are also being discussed in<a href=\"http:\/\/pewforum.org\/Religion-News\/Imam-tells-Italy-that-wearing-of-veil-is-in-tradition-of-the-Madonna.aspx\"> Italy and other parts of Europe<\/a>, where a visible increase &#8212; though still only displayed by a tiny minority&nbsp;&#8212; of women in face-covering niqabs has stoked underlying tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims, immigrants and nativists, and polarized political parties.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? 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