Moroccan Faiza Silmi walks down a street in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France, on Jan. 12. A controversial French parliament report on the burqa issued in Paris on Jan. 26 recommends outlawing the full-length Muslim veil in public or state venues like buses, hospitals, and schools – though it also condemns what it calls 'Islamophobia.' Silmi has taken her case to the European Court of Human Rights, but her fate could be decided before her case is heard if France passes the law banning burqas. France is home to an estimated 5 million Muslims, the largest population in western Europe.
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