Posts Tagged ‘niqab’

Danish Parliament Passes Ban on Burqa and Niqab

A majority in Denmark’s parliament has voted in favour of a ban on certain types of face-covering clothing in public, effectively banning the Islamic burqa and niqab from August 1st The Liberal, Conservative and Danish People’s parties all voted in favour of the bill, as did the opposition Social Democrats with the exception of MP […]

Danish MPs greenlight ban on wearing burqa & niqab in public

The majority of Danish MPs (75 against 30, with more than 74 absentees) adopted the law commonly referred to as the ‘burqa ban’ on Thursday after weeks-long negotiations. Thus the country joined other European countries, which have already introduced similar restrictions, including Austria, Bulgaria, and the Netherlands. READ MORE: Patient in medical mask stopped under burqa […]

Woman to be jailed for 3 months in France for refusing to remove niqab

The sentence follows the woman’s dramatic arrest in the southern city of Toulouse last month after she was stopped by police for wearing a full-face veil, which is illegal in France. ‘Islam is the problem!’ French mayor says government plan to tackle poverty ignores root of crisis She allegedly showed a poor-quality photocopy of her […]

Danish woman deported to Tunisia for refusing to remove niqab at Belgian airport

The woman landed at Brussels Zaventem Airport on Wednesday on a flight from Tunis, Tunisia.    A Danish citizen coming from Tunis refused to take off her niqaab at our border. Police could not identify her. She was sent back to Tunis. — Theo Francken (@FranckenTheo) September 16, 2017 In a post on Facebook, immigration […]

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