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Veil Debate

French entrepreneur offers to pay veil fines

A FRENCH entrepreneur angry at a new law to ban the niqab in France has pledged  a €1m fund to support women are fined for wearing the veil. Rachid Nekkaz, of Algerian origin, was a presidential runner in 2007.