French President Nicholas Sarkozy has proposed that France ban the burqa, the fundamentalist Muslim full-length veil worn by an estimated 2,000 females in France. Sarko said:
The full veil is not welcome in France because it runs contrary to our values and contrary to the idea we have of a woman's dignity. Let us undertake not to give opponents of democracy, dignity and sexual equality the chance for a victory which would put our society in a very difficult situation.
But Sarko called it "essential that no one [feels] stigmatised."
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