Tomorrow the burqa ban comes into force in France. Kenza Drider intends to defy it:
It is not the potential effectiveness – or otherwise – of the ban that bothers Drider... It is the principle. "This whole law makes France look ridiculous," she says. "I never thought I'd see the day when France, my France, the country I was born in and I love, the country of liberté, égalité, fraternité, would do something that so obviously violates people's freedom.
"I'll be getting on with my life and if they want to send me to prison for wearing the niqab then so be it. One thing's for sure: I'm not taking it off."
For just some of the many posts on this blog arguing against a ban, see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
