A woman wears a burqa as she shops at a street market in Roubaix northern France
A woman wears a burqa as she shops with her family at a street market in Roubaix northern France on August 9, 2009. French parliament has started a six-month inquiry into the spread of the niqab and the burqa as France considers banning full facial veils which President Nicolas Sarkozy has said is not welcome in the country. REUTERS/Farid Alouache (FRANCE RELIGION POLITICS)