It's untrue? You mean that Muslim women can walk around freely over there without being covered from head to toe and without a male relative? Sharia law is all about equality and respects women's rights? Mind. Blown.
In France, they can't walk around BEING covered from head to toe, even if they want to do so. It's illegal.
Paris had a law on the books until just a few years ago that made it illegal for women to wear pants. It had been on the books for more than 200 years.
In the US, a woman can get arrested for going topless on a beach. But not in France.
In Egypt, a Muslim country, tourists get away with sunbathing topless, even though it is a Muslim country. But local women are kicked out of the same swimming pools the foreign topiess women use, because they choose to cover their heads.
There's a lot of hypocrisy and control issues when it comes to women's dress, but there's as much hypocrisy and control issues when it comes to women's undress. And it is not limited to one place in the world.