Via Christian Post:
A survey concerning France’s growing Muslim population has found that as many as one in four French Muslims support Islamic laws that would require women to wear face veils.
MailOnline reported that the study from Institut Montaigne of 1,029 people found that French Muslims hold diverse views about law and governance. Close to half, or 46 percent of those who responded to the poll, said they were “completely secular,” and demonstrated their religious faith by only eating halal meat.
Another 25 percent who said they were devout and “proudly Muslim” supported a greater role for religion in the work place, but opposed practices such as polygamy and wearing the burqa.
One in four French Muslims, or 24 percent, backed women wearing the burqa and niqab, however, which are the full-face veils that were banned in public places in 2010.
The survey found that French Muslim women were more conservative than men on some issues, as only 56 percent of women said that they would attend a mixed swimming pool, compared with 75 percent of men.