Posted on 04/02/2010 3:37:43 AM PDT by Man50D
Belgium is on the verge of becoming the first European nation to ban the burka.
A parliamentary committee agreed yesterday to outlaw the wearing of face-covering veils in public. The full Parliament will vote later this month.
Under the proposals, women could face a week in prison or a fine for wearing a veil in public.
There are an estimated 650,000 Muslims in Belgium – 6 per cent of the population.
The text of the new law does not specifically mention burkas but makes it illegal for anyone to wear clothing ‘that covers all or most of the face’ in any public place.
Left-wing MP Denis Ducarme left no doubt the rules were targeting-Muslim extremists.
He said after the vote by the home affairs committee: ‘This sends a very strong signal to radical Islamists.’
The French- speaking liberals who have proposed the law argue that an inability to identify people presents a security risk and that the veil is a ‘walking prison’ for women.
Daniel Bacquelaine, the bill’s chief promoter, said the ban might also be used against potentially violent demonstrators who covered their faces.
He estimated that only a few hundred women in Belgium wore facial veils, but said it was a rising trend.
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the Pelosi will hit the fan when this goes through.
At least bikinis are still legal!
Look out for massive rioting when it becomes law.
Then watch the Belgians retreat and ask forgiveness to the muslim world for having sinned against islam.
By the way, Belgian is already taken over by arabs...just need to go to Bruxelles and you wonder if you took the wrong plane and ended up in Morocco or Algeria.
I wonder how Mohammed Obama, or whatever the hell his name is, feels about Belgium these days.
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