France long has celebrated the female form. Artists have painted it. Moulin Rouge dancers have exposed it. World famous French designers have dressed it.
Now lawmakers and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, married to a former model, want to see more of it.
More specifically, they don’t want women roaming about Paris hidden in burqas, that tent-like garment that covers orthodox Muslim women from the tops of their heads to the tips of their toes. Only their eyes show, often from behind a fabric screen.
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