A French court has convicted and fined two women for wearing Islamic face veils in public, in defiance of a ban that went into effect in April, according to the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website.
On September 22, 2011, the court in the town of Meaux -- near Paris -- fined the women 120 and 80 euros respectively.
In May, the women had shown up wearing niqabs outside the Meaux town hall with a birthday cake for the conservative mayor, who championed the ban.
Several women have been fined on the spot by police for wearing the niqab, but today's case is the first one to come to court.
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