France has recently banned people from covering their faces in public, which was widely understood to target Muslim women from wearing full-face veils. This indicates that the ______ cleavage is still salient in France.

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The ban on covering faces in public in France is mainly based on the secular-clerical cleavage, which refers to the tension between proponents of secularism and those who advocate for the influence of religion in public life. The ban is seen as a way to protect French secularism and prevent the integration of religious symbols into public spaces. This issue is not related to urban-rural, confessional or class cleavages.

France Has Recently Banned People from Covering Their Faces in Public