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minority — indeed a minority within a minority — the disproportionality of the legislative
measures that were adopted and implemented purportedly to promote respect for the rights
of others is thus particularly acute in a context in which there is a very low likelihood that
any person would encounter a fully veiled woman in a public space. For the same reason,
disseminating awareness-raising leaflets to the general public regarding the law and
criminalizing the wearing of the niqab and burka may have the unintended effect of
increasing prejudice and intolerance towards this minority group.
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