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Council of Europe’s Resolution And Its Implications Just as countries in Europe are rushing one after the other to ban the wearing of full-face veils in public, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has unanimously passed a resolution warning that governments that do so would be denying women “who genuinely and freely desire to do [...] The French Declaration On The Full-Face Veil Recently the French National Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution against the full-face veil. This symbolic gesture brings the country a step nearer a ban on the full veil. The National Assembly’s declaration states that “Radical practices which violate the dignity and equality between men and women, such as the wearing [...] Calls For Ban On Burqa Intensify One of the arguments against introducing laws to ban the wearing of burqas in public on grounds of security is that the number of cases in which burqa wearers have proved a security threat has been small. Somebody has also pointed out that the burqa is not practical wear for criminals [...] The Incident In Northern Italy Just as the publicity over the bill banning full-face veils in Belgium is starting to settle, Italy hits the headlines with a Tunisian-born woman being fined Euro 500 for wearing a burqa in a post office in Novara, in the north-western part of the country. The 26-year-old woman, Amel Marmouri, and her [...] The Bill On Clothing In Belgium Belgium looks set to be the first European country to ban the burqa (a loose garment that covers the body from head to toe, with holes for the eyes), or the niqab (a veil that covers the lower part of the face up to the eyes). However, the bill that was [...] |
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