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Which among other things enshrines "Laicité" meaning that, because of the bloody wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants during their history, the Republic created after the 1789 French Revolution codified into the government the principle of "Laicité". Citizens may practice whatever religion they choose, but obvious displays of religious appearance are blocked from the public sphere - meaning if you work in the government, you can't show obvious signs of your religious affiliation while at work.
So a public schoolteacher cannot wear a cross or a star of David while exercising her duties, and a schoolchild profiting from her free public education cannot wear a Muslim head scarf WHILE AT SCHOOL.
The Burka is illegal because, in France, women MUST SHOW their faces, because of the principal of "Egalité". There is no equality in a society where some female citizens must cover their faces and bodies due to Sharia law, based on the belief that women are such provocative creatures, they must be hidden from view.
The burka therefore cannot be allowed anywhere, if the society is to function according to the Republic. The French Burka law was challenged in the EU courts and was held up. In France and in the EU, the right of the society to function in accord with its principals outweighs the individual's right to do whatever the hell they want. Unlike in the USA.
France isn't an American colony, and they don't need to follow American ideals about how the world should work. France doesn't need to follow Sharia Law, or allow Muslim women to wear Burkas. This is neither "rascist" nor "harassment". The French are a FREE people who have the right to preserve their Republic. Much blood was spilled for them to earn it.
The ignorance shown by the author of this newspaper article just eats me up. I've had it with the "Poor French Muslims" angle I've been seeing everywhere in the USA press. 
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