Sarkozy party chief: France must ban full veil
The head of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party said Sunday he wants a law to ensure that Muslim women who wear face-covering veils do not acquire French nationality: Xavier Bertrand, head of the conservative UMP party, said the full veil “is simply a prison for women who wear it” and “will make no one believe” a woman wearing it wants to integrate.
via:[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/17/AR2010011701466.html?hpid=sec-world]
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