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The... Email Print Factbox Policy on Muslim scarves and veils in Europe 11:13am EDT Analysis & Opinion France’s ban on full face veils goes into force Anti-Western messages grow among Afghanistan’s imams Related Topics World » France » 1 / 5 Kenza Drider, a French Muslim of North African descent, wears a niqab outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris April 11, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes By Nick Vinocur PARIS | Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:21am EDT PARIS (Reuters) - France's ban on full face veils, a first in Europe, went into force on Monday, making anyone wearing the Muslim niqab or burqa in public liable to a fine of 150 euros ($216) or lessons in French citizenship. The ban has been criticized in France and elsewhere, but mainstream Muslim groups -- which had a six-month grace period after the law was passed to explain it to their supporters -- opted not to protest at its entry into force. "We've already had our debate about the law and now our position is clear: we respect French law 100 percent," said a spokesman for the French Council of the Muslim Faith. France's five-million-strong Muslim minority is Western Europe's largest, but fewer than 2,000 women are believed actually to wear a full face veil. Many still oppose the law, however, on the grounds of the precedent it sets. President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right government, which pushed the law through parliament in October, rolled out a public relations campaign with posters, pamphlets and a web site to explain the ban and how it will be enforced. Guidelines in the pamphlet forbid police from asking women to remove their burqa or full-face veil in the street. They will instead be escorted to a police station and asked to remove the veil there for identification. Widely criticized by Muslims abroad as impinging on their religious freedom, the law has provoked a limited backlash in France where a strict separation of church and state is seen as central to maintaining a peaceful civil society. But Sarkozy, whose opinion poll ratings are at record lows a year before he faces a tough battle for re-election, has been accused more generally of stigmatizing Muslims to boost his support among far-right voters ahead of the vote. "It's so stupid what they've done with this law, because now people will wear the (full-face veil) not out of faith but because they are looking for a confrontation," said Hager Amer, a 27-year-old Muslim woman. Amer wore black jeans, sunglasses and a zip top but stood next to her veiled sister at a tiny gathering against the ban at Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris to support her right to wear a "chador" head-covering. Sitting outside a mosque in Paris' multi-ethnic 18th Arrondissement, a young man who gave his name as Mohammed scoffed at the new regulation. "All Muslims are stigmatized by this law," he said. "They don't accept Muslims here." CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE A Muslim property dealer is urging women to engage in "civil disobedience" by continuing to wear the veil if they so desire. Rachid Nekkaz, the property dealer, said in a webcast he would help pay fines and was putting a property worth around two million euros up for sale to fund his campaign. "I am calling on all free women who so wish to wear the veil in the street and engage in civil disobedience," he said. 1 2 Next World France Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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