Photo: AP An unidentified veiled woman is taken away by plain clothed and uniformed police officers in Paris, Monday, April 11, 2011
Two women protesting France's new ban on Islamic face veils ………………………. (be) arrested after ……………………………… (take) part in a demonstration in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
The law ……………………. (be) approved by parliament in September and ……………………….(go) into effect Monday 11. Police say the women ……………………………… (be - not) arrested for wearing the veils, but for taking part in an unauthorized protest.
Under the new law, veiled women can be fined $215 or assigned to take special citizenship classes, but it ………………………….. (be) not a jailable offense. However, people who ……………………. (force) women to wear a veil are subject to up to a year in prison and a fine of $41,000. Police ……………………….. (force - not) anyone to take off the veil in public.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy ………………………(claim) the measure is critical to ensure the respect of women's rights and the separation of religion and state. Advocates ………………………….
(argue) the legislation ……………………….. (be) necessary for the country's estimated five million to six million Muslims to integrate.
Muslim women 
………………… (object) to the new law and ……………………..(call) the veil a statement of their Islamic faith. In a media release Monday, the human rights organization Amnesty International ………………………………………(condemn) the arrests and …………………………. (say) that women in France ……………………………………….(have) the right to freedom of religion and expression.
On Saturday, police ………………………………… (arrest) 61 people in Paris for holding an unauthorized protest against the ban.
(B) And now, please ask questions so that you can get the following answers
1. After taking part in a demonstration
2. In front of the Notre Dame Cathedral
3. Monday
4. No, they weren't
5. For taking part in an unauthorized protest
6. $215
7. No, they can't.
8. To ensure the respect of women's rights and the separation of religion and state
9. For the Muslims in France to integrate
10. The new law
11. The arrests
12. The right to freedom of religion and expression
13. On Saturday
14. 61
15. In Paris
16. For holding an unauthorized protest against the ban
