France, home to Europe's biggest Muslim population, on Monday officially banned women from wearing full-face veils in public places.Of course, Israel has no ban on burqas. Or minarets. Or muezzin's amplified public calls to prayer.
Other European countries have drawn up bans on the burqa and the niqab but France is the first to risk stirring social tensions by putting one into practice.
Police on Saturday said they arrested 59 people, including 19 veiled women, who turned up for a banned protest in Paris over the ban, while two more were detained as they attempted to travel to the rally from Britain and Belgium.
Europe is making Israel look like a model of tolerance for Islam!