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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Chris_ on April 29, 2010, 02:50:57 PM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8652861.stm
Belgium's lower house of parliament has voted for a law that would ban women from wearing the full Islamic face veil in public.
The law would ban any clothing that obscures the identity of the wearer in places like parks and on the street. No-one voted against it.
The law now goes to the Senate, which is also expected to approve it. It would then become law by June or July.
The ban would be the first move of its kind in Europe.
Only around 30 women wear this kind of veil in Belgium, out of a Muslim population of around half a million.
The BBC's Dominic Hughes in Brussels says MPs backed the legislation on the grounds of security, to allow police to identify people.
Other MPs said that the full face veil was a symbol of the oppression of women, our correspondent says.
The ban would be imposed in all buildings or grounds that are "meant for public use or to provide services", including streets, parks and sports grounds.
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Interesting. I wonder if the EU "parliament" will vote to override these bans.
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Good on them.
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Anyone wanting to wear a burkha probably isn't going to be comfortable with the freedom of expression to be found in Europe or the USA. Better for them to pack it in and return to a place where they'd fit in better.
If we western women can't run around Arabic Muslim countries in T-shirts and shorts, well, fair's fair, yes? Although why any western woman would CHOOSE to live in some of these godforsaken hellholes is beyond me.
Edited for spelling. Chose, choose, loose, lose, gets me most of the time. :thatsright:
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What are they thinking is all I want to know
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Meanwhile, Obama, oh well.
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In other news, the UN appoints Iran a seat for Women's Rights.
Just another reason why the UN is irrevelant.