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France's top legal body warned the government Tuesday that a complete ban on the burqa in the home of Europe's largest Muslim minority would be vulnerable to legal challenges.
"It appears to the State Council that a general and absolute ban on the full veil as such can have no incontestable judicial basis," the body said in a report submitted to Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
But it would be possible to "require that faces be uncovered in some places or for some procedures" involving interaction with the state or security officials, added the body.