France imposes first niqab fines

Grenoble : France | Sep 22, 2011 at 7:17 AM PDT

By urzmani

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Two Muslim women who continue to wear the full-face veil in defiance of a law banning it in France have been fined by a court.

Hind Ahmas and Najate Nait Ali were caught wearing the niqab in public outside Meaux town hall, eastern Paris, soon after the law came in in May.

The women say they will appeal against their punishment all the way to the European Court of Human Rights.

Meanwhile another woman said she would stand for president in her niqab.

Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland all have - or are planning - similar legislation.

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Only about 1,900 women among France's five to six million Muslims wear a full veil

urzmani is based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, and is a Stringer for Allvoices.

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