Hind, a Niqab veiled woman (L) and real [Getty Images]

Hind, a Niqab veiled woman (L) and real estate magnate Rachid Nekkaz (R) who supports Muslim women fined for wearing the burka or niqab on the street walk in front of the French National Assembly during a symbolic protest against France's ban on wearing full-face niqab veils in public, on April 20, 2011 in Paris. French officials estimate that only around 2,000 women, from a total Muslim population estimated at between four and six million, wear niqabs, which are traditional in parts of Arabia and South Asia. AFP PHOTO / MEHDI FEDOUACH (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/Getty Images)

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