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The burqa was around long before Islam became a religion, and as such, its roots aren't religious based. Several verses in the Quran regarding modesty were interpreted by man as making the burqa mandatory, but those are open to debate. There's actually only a few middle eastern countries which have laws that make the burqa mandatory for women (which I personally don't agree with).
In most countries around the world Muslim women have the right to choose whether to wear it or not. And as much as some in the Western world can't phantom why a woman would choose to wear one, there's many Muslim women who actually enjoy the practice. Thus it's quite hypocritical for a government to restrict the usage of them (which in France is a low % of Muslim women) in the name of equality.
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