Three Saudi women barred from entering France for refusing to remove veils

Jun 13, 12:14 pm

Paris, June 13 (ANI): Three Saudi women were reportedly barred from entering France after they refused to remove their veils at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport.

A police union official said border police had asked the women to remove their veils after they arrived from Doha, Qatar.

The Daily Mail quoted the official, as saying that the women refused. Border police then barred them from entering France and returned them to Doha.

France became the first country in Europe to outlaw the veil, while similar legislation has since been passed in Belgium and Holland.

Supporters of the ban claim the veil contradicts France's principles of secularism and women's rights.

Some Muslim groups say it stigmatises moderate Muslims.ormer President Nicolas Sarkozy's government introduced a ban on all forms of Islamic head coverings, including niqab and burqa in 2011. (ANI)

Saudi women, veils, Paris, Charles de Gaulle

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