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French court summons two women for veiling their faces in public
by Joseph Ernest June 16, 2011
Newscast Media PARIS, France --Two Muslim women were summoned under France's new law forbidding the wearing of face covering in public places, which came into effect in April. The two women, who wear the niqab or burka - a veil that covers the hair and face with just a slit for the eyes, were ordered to appear before the court in the town of Meaux, about 40 kilometers east of Paris, for going to the local town hall on May 5 with their faces veiled.
Both the women live in the Paris region. One of them could not be present at the hearing. The other woman, Hind, 31, a mother of a three-year-old, was barred from entering the courtroom after refusing to remove her veil for the duration of the hearing.
Under a new law prohibiting people from concealing their face in public - widely referred to as the 'burqa ban' because it is aimed at wearers of the Islamic burqa, or full-body covering, and niqab - the women risk a fine of 150 euros and/or being asked to take lessons in citizenship.
A person who forces a woman to wear a veil risks a year in prison and 30,000 euros in fines. The two women were booked by police after showing up at Meaux town hall with a birthday cake for Mayor Jean-Francois Cope, who is also leader of President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative ruling Union for a Popular Majority.
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