Other nations also address the issue

 A look at legislation and debate about face-covering Muslim veils and headscarves in other European countries:

• Belgium: The parliament passed a measure banning veils in 2010 but it has languished since the country has struggled to form a new government for the past several months.

• Britain: The issue of full-body veils has largely faded from the spotlight since then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair called it a “mark of separation” in 2006.

• Italy: Has a law requiring people to keep their faces visible in public, dating to Italy’s crackdown on domestic terrorism decades ago.

• Netherlands: The coalition government installed last year said it is aiming to ban the burqa, but has yet to present any draft legislation.

• Germany: Several states in the country, which has a large Muslim immigrant community, have banned teachers from wearing headscarves in public schools. The state of Hesse decided in February to bar public employees from wearing face-covering burqas at work.

• Spain: Several Spanish towns have begun processes to prohibit the use of face-covering Islamic veils in municipal buildings but not in the street.