Tuesday, August 23, 2016

#GERMANY: Merkel's Party Raises Idea Of National Burka Ban

[world politics news]


Germany could impose a ban on women wearing burkas or full-face Islamic veils at schools and universities and while driving, under proposals announced by Angela Merkel’s party. The burka “does not belong in our cosmopolitan country,” Thomas de Maiziere, the interior minister and one of Merkel’s closest allies has said. The idea of a ban failed in an internal party vote lasts December.

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