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Parliament Panel in Belgium Approves Banning Burqa

(AP-Washington Post) Raf Casert - A parliamentary committee in Brussels unanimously voted Wednesday to ban the wearing of face-covering veils in public, in a legislative process that could make Belgium the first European country to impose such a prohibition. "We cannot allow someone to claim the right to look at others without being seen," said Daniel Bacquelaine, who proposed the bill. "It is necessary that the law forbids the wearing of clothes that totally mask and enclose an individual," he said, adding he was not targeting the classic headscarf worn by many Muslim women. Proponents of the ban argue that such all-covering garb poses security issues as well as threatens democratic values.
2010-04-02 08:08:28
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