As'Salamu Alaikum .

There are many aspects to be considered from the article shared.

Firstly, if she had been under pressure from her husband or other male relatives to wear burqah, she would have easily agreed to take her face-lift off.

Secondly, if she wore it, by her own will to obey the command of Allah swt, as a true muslimah, she would take her face-lift  off before a female-officer. So do i doubt this article as an handi work of media.

"Faiza M. speaks French but because she told authorities that she lives in "total submission" to her husband it was deemed that this demonstrated "insufficient assimilation" into French life."

If this was what she told the authorities, then she's wrong. Her "total submission", shud have been for Allah swt, not for her husband.

Its clear as the author says,

" Faiza M. was rejected because she is a Muslim woman who wears a burqa in a nation who mostly want Muslims to leave."

This case is about being anti-Islam and anti-Muslim. And this virulent bigotry is being carried out on the body of a Muslim woman.

So much for freedom, freedom of religion, fraternity, justice, and equality under the law.