The ban isn't actually specifically targeting Islam, Women or any such group, but rather anyone who conceals their face in public.
The problem with these types of "bans" is that, even though the letter of the law might be written broadly, the ENFORCEMENT of the law could be COMPLETELY different.
Even if it is written broadly, we all know WHY it was banned and we aren't likely to see people dressed in full body costumes on Halloween to get a talking to by the police or anything like that.
Those Muslims who truly believe in wearing something like this are perfectly capable of wearing the less extreme Hijab, which covers only the hair, rather than the whole face.
I'm not an expert in Islam, but I figure there's a reason why both the Burqua and the Hijab exist. I doubt that they are for the same exact purpose.
As for the whole "Oh the burqua is repressive and DEM EFFIN MOSLIM MEN are REPRESSING THERIR WOMEN", in Islam, these types of garments are meant to dignify women. In the most traditional forms of Islam (note I say traditional, similar to traditional, Hasidic Judaism, NOT the crazy crap practiced in some parts of the Middle East), a woman dresses conservatively because sexuality is supposed to be very private and only for the husband and wife, not for random onlookers.
Now if YOU (most of you likely being white, middle class, European or American, and Christian) don't believe in it, I'm not surprised. You aren't Islamic.
But it is their belief system and we should respect that.
Obviously in cases where security is important, such as airports and government centers and so on, reasonable accommodations should be made to respect the Islamic religion (or any religion which might have a similar system) while still being able to inspect the person if need be, for security purposes)
But just in the public, walking down the street or going into places that are otherwise generally open to the public?
No way. Not supportive of that.
EDIT: In the original version of this post, I quoted MattJ and thought that since we agreed on something, it'd obviously mean 2012 is the End of Days.