Denmark's Burqa Ban Has Gone Into Effect

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109. No. I'm saying that no one can be identified when they're wearing a face mask.

There have been women here in this country who wanted to have their driver's license photos taken while wearing their face obscuring veil, and I don't agree with that, either -- anymore than I think someone should take their driver's license photo while wearing a ski mask.

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/27/us/lifting-veil-for-photo-id-goes-too-far-driver-says.html

A Muslim woman who says the state is violating her religious rights in demanding that she remove her veil for a driver's license photograph will be in court this week to try to regain her driving privileges.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles revoked the license of the woman, Sultaana Freeman, in January after she refused to replace her photograph with one showing her face. Ms. Freeman, 34, a homemaker from Winter Park near Orlando says doing so would violate her religious beliefs, and she is suing the state in Orange County Circuit Court seeking reinstatement of her license. A hearing is set for Thursday to determine whether the state's demand is unconstitutional.

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In the context of Muslim women with fully covered faces, ''when law enforcement officers make traffic stops, they need to know whether the person who presented the I.D. is the same person and one quick way to do so is by matching the photo and the face,'' Mr. Sanchez said.


ON UPDATE:

The ruling by the judge who decided that the state had a compelling interest in requiring photos of faces on driver's licenses.

http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/religion/frmnfl60603opn.pdf