"I'm happy to take my veil off," she said, citing the example of being asked to at a bank. "When I travel, and I do travel, sometimes I don't even wear [it] because I think it's a lot easier not ...

It was the first time the court has ruled on niqab and burqa veils, which have stoked controversy in several European states although few women wear them. A French Muslim woman filed the suit for ...

A case was brought by a 24-year-old French woman, who argued that the ban on wearing the veil in public violated her freedom of religion and expression. Current Edition Topics ...