The French National Assembly meclis passed geçmek a legislation kanun to ban women from wearing full-face Islamic veils peçe in public.
The Legislation was voted oy kullanmak in by 335 members and there was one vote against the proposal teklif. The single no vote was cast by a member of Green Party. The legislation will go to the Senate in September and is expected to pass.
If became law yasa, the legislation would impose yüklemek a fine ceza of around yaklaşık 150 Euro to the women who wear the burka in public. A much more severe sert fine of about 30 thousand Euro and a prison term of one-year will be given to anyone who force women to wear such veils,targeting hedef almak the males forcing women to cover their faces.
It was decided that, the law will be submitted sunmak to the Constitutional Court to determine whether it is compatible uygun with the constitution.
France has 5 million Muslims and it is estimated tahmin etmek that less than 2 000 women wear full-face veils.
