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Captain Kamal Kalsi, a Sikh, is seen with a camouflage turban in this September 2015 file photo/ AFP


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Germany’s Thomas de Maiziere, Reuters


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Cameron during his visit to Mecca Mosque in Leeds, England yesterday with the Imam of the mosque Mr Asim and Shabana Munir, a member of the women’s committee of the mosque (Reuters)


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Uighur women stand next to a street to wait for a bus in downtown Urumqi, in the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region in China, on May 1, 2014. (Reuters/Petar Kujundzic)


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Veiled women take part in a demonstration in Paris in this May 18, 2013. France bans the wearing of niqabs—veils which cover the full face—in public. (AFP PHOTO/FRED DUFOUR)


French police, youths clash after veil incident

French police, youths clash after veil incident

Trappes, France, AP—About 250 people hurling projectiles clashed with police firing tear gas west of Paris, in apparent protest over enforcement of France’s ban on Islamic face veils. Five people were injured and six detained in the violence, authorities said...