A Moroccan man has been denied French citizenship because he demanded his French wife wear a full-face Islamic veil, the Reuters website reported this week.
"It emerged during the inquiry and the interview process that this person forced his wife to wear the full veil, deprived her of freedom of movement with her face exposed and rejected the principles of secularism and equality between men and women," France's immigration Minister Eric Besson said in a statement on February 2, 2010.
The ruling states, in part, that the lifestyle Mr. X has chosen "may be justified by religious precepts but is incompatible with the values of the Republic, notably the principle of equality of the sexes."
The ruling comes after months of fierce debate over the compatibility of the Islamic veil and France's secular values.
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