the French president also stressed that a reason for the ban on the niqab being that he found it "oppressive" social security I can buy but "oppressive"? Trust me as a "by choice" niqabi I have never never felt oppressed. and by forcing those Muslimas who adorned niqab for Allah's sake alone,without being forced, and who are unable to migrate for financial and other reasons,its the French president has oppressed them! That said I just pray that Allah will grant them ease and whatever it takes to be in lands where they will have the freedom to practice their religion! Protests of this nature will hardly be of much good in countries like France, Allahu alim.