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Thu 06 Jun 2009Once again talk of veils inflames French passions
A re-emergence of the burka row has followed Obama’s comments on Islamic dress, writes LARA MARLOWEin Paris
MERE COINCIDENCE? Three days after President Barack Obama told a press conference in France, “In the United States, our basic attitude is that we’re not going to tell people what to wear,” French deputies requested a parliamentary commission on the burka and niqab, Islamic veils that cover the entire body.
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