Muslim scholar: France should not ban burqas
PARIS (AP) — Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan acknowledged Wednesday that women can be forced to wear head-to-toe Islamic garments such as burqas, but he insisted France should not ban them.
The often provocative Geneva-born university professor told a French parliamentary commission looking into the body-length garments that it is examining a "scarecrow" issue that masks broader troubles of integration among...
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