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Mr Copé insists the law is based on public safety and sexual equality considerations and does not restrict religious practices.
"We spoke to religious and secular figures who all confirmed [the burka] was not a religious prescription. Wearing the full body veil is about extremists who want to test the republic," he said.
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I suspect there is more to it than that but it makes good sense for the sake of security. The other option would be to have the ability to stop those individuals whose face is covered them and keeping within their religious practice search or inspect them veil uncovered.