Even after the country mandated face Masks
France is still
banning Islamic face coverings even in the time of the Pandemic.
Now France has made
wearing medical face masks mandatory for all citizens during the coronavirus
pandemic, yet it will not change the country’s policies concerning the
controversial ban on Islamic face coverings.
The government confirmed
that its years-long ban on wearing burqas and niqabs in public will remain in
place, even as wearing face masks become obligatory on Monday. While French citizens
nationwide will be covering their faces, women who do so with Islamic grab are
still subject to punishment.
“Can the Islamophobia be any
more transparent” Human rights watch executive director Kenneth Roth said on
twitter.” The French government mandates masks but still bans the burqa”
France has begun its
mandatory mask policy on Monday as a part of what the government called” a new
chapter” in its emergence from a strict coronavirus lockdown. Some business and
schools will reopen, and people can now travel up to 60 miles far from home.
The France ban on
headscarves began in 2004, on grounds that the state institutions are supposed
to be religiously neutral. The ban also extended to Christians crosses and the
yarmulkes worn by observant Jews.
In 2010 France banned
face-covering niqabs and burqas in public, framing it as a move to promote open
and equal interaction in society. The act set off protests where some people
clashed with police.
Source: CBS
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