{"id":255,"date":"2010-09-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/france-bans-muslim-face-veils-burqa-niqab-not-hijab.html"},"modified":"2010-09-15T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T07:00:00","slug":"france-bans-muslim-face-veils-burqa-niqab-not-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/france-bans-muslim-face-veils-burqa-niqab-not-hijab.html","title":{"rendered":"France Bans Muslim Face Veils: Burqa &amp; Niqab (Not Hijab)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After months of will-they-or-won&#8217;t-they, <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703376504575492011925494780.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLETopStories\">the French government has banned face-cloaking veils <\/a>such as the Muslim niqab and burqa (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/index.php?\/rnsblog\/whats_the_difference_between_hijab_burqa_etc\/\">check Religion News Service for the distinctions<\/a>). The law will go into effect in six months, assuming it gets the<a href=\"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/frances-senate-passes-ban-on-burqa-and.html\"> final stamp of approval this month from France&#8217;s Constitutional Council and doesn&#8217;t get challenged before the European Court of Human Rights.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Similar measures are also <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/06\/spain-joins-france-belgium-in-considering-burqa-ban.html\">being discussed in Belgium and Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim religion news blogs I&nbsp;usually check haven&#8217;t commented on this yet &#8212; they&#8217;ve been pretty busy with the&nbsp;Park51&nbsp;and &#8220;Burn a Koran Day&#8221; controversies &#8212; but presumably they&#8217;ll have something up soon. Here are some links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/\">City of Brass<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/talkislam.info\/\">Talk Islam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/\">Muslim Matters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/\">Muslimah Media Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/\">AltMuslim<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think? Check back for updates, and share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of will-they-or-won&#8217;t-they, the French government has banned face-cloaking veils such as the Muslim niqab and burqa (check Religion News Service for the distinctions). 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