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Intellectum 2010
The ban of Burka: brutal elimination of a person or a violation of fundamental rights?Keywords: burqa , ban of burqa France , religious freedom , freedom of expression , Western culture of Enlightenment and Rights , nikab , ban of burqa Belgium , violation of fundamental rights , Conseil d' Etat , Conseil Constitutionel , equality , human rights , Lina Papadopoulou , European Court of Human Rights , ECHR , religion , muslims , autonomy Abstract: Starting from the legislative ban of burqa in France, the present article examines whether laws such as the above respect religious freedom and freedom of expression, which indeed constitute undeniable achievements of the Western culture of Enlightenment and Rights,or not.
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