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(ChattahBox)—France, proud of its secular tradition, is dismayed by the increasing number of Muslim women appearing in public wearing the conservative Islamic dress of head-to-toe burqas and niqabs. Lawmakers are “studying” the problem and are not ruling out an eventual ban on burqa wear. French lawmakers believe a ban may be needed to protect the civil rights of Muslim women, forced by Islamic men to wear body covering shrouds, against their will in public. However, the issue is much more com |