French lawmakers to consider whether burka threatens French secularism . ` To raise the subject like this , via a parliamentary committee , is a way of stigmatizing Islam and the Muslims of France , '' Mohammed Moussaoui , the head of the French Council for the Muslim Religion , told AFP last week . Panel set up after President Sarkozy says burka not welcome in France . The panel will be chaired by the Socialist Party's Bernard Accoyer and includes representatives of France's Muslim community as well as a representative from the National Assembly who is Muslim.
French lawmakers to consider whether burka threatens French secularism . Panel set up after President Sarkozy says burka not welcome in France . The panel will be chaired by the Socialist Party's Bernard Accoyer and includes representatives of France's Muslim community as well as a representative from the National Assembly who is Muslim.