Netherlands moves toward total ban on Muslim veils
The Netherlands may become the first European country to ban Muslim face veils after its government pledged yesterday to outlaw the wearing in public spaces of the niqab, or veil, and the burka, or full-length cloak covering the head.
The right-leaning coalition said last night that it would look for a way to outlaw the wearing of all Muslim face veils. The grounds for a ban were laid last December when parliament voted in favour of a proposal to criminalise face coverings, as part of a security measure proposed by a far-right politician, Geert Wilders.
Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006
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Martin Sullivan
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Martin Sullivan
in Far Right Racists, Hijab, Netherlands, Right Wing, State Oppression, Women
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