Symbolic protest

Hind, 31, a niqab veiled woman, poses at a cafe terrace, next to the French National Assembly, during a symbolic protest against France’s ban on wearing full-face niqab veils in public, yesterday in Paris. French officials estimate that only around...

Hind, 31, a niqab veiled woman, poses at a cafe terrace, next to the French National Assembly, during a symbolic protest against France’s ban on wearing full-face niqab veils in public, yesterday in Paris. French officials estimate that only around 2,000 women, from a total Muslim population of between four and six million, wear niqabs, which are traditional in parts of Arabia and South Asia.

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