The police has detained two women on first day of French burqa ban

In front of NotreDame Cathedral in Paris two women wearing Islamic face veils or niqabs were detained by police on Monday on the first day of a ban on Muslim garments that cover the face.
The police spokesman said that They had been brought to a police station for an indentity check but he could not confirm whether they had been fined. Under the law a woman wearing a burqa (a garment that covers the body from head to toe) or a niqab (a veil that covers the face with just
a slit for the eyes) can be fined 150 euros or forced to take classes on citizenship. Around 2,000 women are estimated to be affected by the ban, which includes public parks, restaurants,
cinemas and beaches but does not include private homes, places of workship or cars. within two hours of the ban a woman wearing a niqab boarded
a train to Paris from the southern city of Avignon.

Ms.Drider 32yrs old ,who was arrested from her home
on her way to Paris for a  television interview, said that
I am committing no crime.Proponents of the ban say it
aims to protect women from Islamic fundamentalism and
improve public security.

Egyptian soldiers armed with clubs and rifles have attacked Cairo's Tahrir Square protesters

At least two people killed by Egyptian soldiers armed with clubs and rifles have stormed Cairo's Tahrir Square in a pre-dawn raid which for 18 days was the centre of Egypt's revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak — was occupied again on Friday by hundreds of thousands of Egyptians calling for Mubarak to be put on trial, and for the head of the army, Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, who is the titular head of state, to be removed. Many demonstrators were demanding that the army council be replaced by a civilian one during a transitional period to democracy, accusing the military of protecting members of the former regime.