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Debating the burqa ban debate

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy and former London Mayor Ken Livingston join Jeremy Paxman to discuss differences between how France and the UK publicly debate religion and the wearing of religious apparel after French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for the burqa to be banned.

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