What are the controversies surrounding the French ban on the burqa? Why didnt they ban the Abaya?

The burqa was banned because covering the entire face with black somehow erases a womans identity. The Abaya, meanwhile, was not banned because it does not make a woman appear subservient to the man.

 

 

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