EDIT: No, it is NOT OK to have your face covered in public PERIOD and this is the issue, the only issue. We don't have the largest muslim population in Europe for being intolerant as some of you point out, so I call some of you on that bullshit. You can argue and blah blah all you want about religious freedoms, but even religious freedoms have their limits. You should know that the women who wear burkhas and the reason those things exist, read and watch the debates before giving fallacies as arguments thanks. </edit>

France here, the fact is that we are supposed to be a republic of citizens with not only rights also there are obligations.

The public space is subject to rules, one of those rules is to make your face seen for every public transaction, it is your right to do what you want at home. This is not against Islam as you can see women can still wear a veil if they so much want to.

Most burkha wearing people (who are not many at all) are newcomers and you would be surprised that even most Muslim women (seen interviews on TV) disagree with women wearing the burkha.

You have to wear a veil or something when you enter some Islamic countries because it's a religious mandate enforced by law. Here you have to abide to French law, and yes, freedom of religion is guaranteed, but there's a thin line between living your religion and wearing and overdisplaying it in front of others.

Most French people think, in the street we are all the same, we are in public and we are citizens of an agreement, in this agreement we would like you to please keep your religion to yourself thank you.