Italy’s ban on veils in schools could be preview of future American assimilation fight, experts warn

NY Post ^ | October 11, 2026 | Tyler Speicher

[Twotone]

In what it called a “Schools Decree,” the Italian government announced last month that no student may cover their face in class, no classroom may exceed 30% foreign-born pupils and parents who skip mandatory Italian lessons could face fines of up to $1,120.

The decree, which takes effect next summer, is framed as a push for “integration,” but it raises the question of whether a Western democracy can force assimilation, or is it already too late?

Nile Gardiner, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom said that it is “The single biggest issue of our time in Europe: Mass migration and Islamification.” And had an ominous warning, “What you’re seeing in London and other European cities can easily happen in the US… These cultural shifts will all come to America, unless American leaders are willing to fight back.”

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni defended the decree on X, calling the new rules “Tools of common sense that do not divide, but truly help to integrate, avoiding ghetto classes and giving all students the same opportunities. This is the direction we want to continue to follow: a school that integrates without giving up on rules, that supports those who have more difficulties and that puts everyone in a position to start from the same point.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assimilation; italy; migrants; veils

[rktman]

Si!

[aquila48]

Better not let them in in the first place!

[Bobbyvotes]

Veil is very useful to hide an ugly face 😂

[for-q-clinton]

[PeterPrinciple]

These cultural shifts will all come to America, unless American leaders are willing to fight back.”

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not just leaders, but all citizens.

That raises the question of what is a good citizen?

Proverbs 11:11 Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper, but the talk of the wicked tears it apart.

[PeterPrinciple]

Experts say the decree’s principles are not extreme. “Learning the national language and participating in your child’s education are reasonable expectations,” said Simone Rodan‑Benzaquen, Senior Envoy to Europe at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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Once in a while an expert is right.

[PeterPrinciple]

Italy is not alone. Governments across Europe of every political stripe are tightening integration rules. They range from the “ghetto laws” of Denmark’s center-left government, to France restricting religious symbols in schools, to Germany requiring language and civic courses, to the Netherlands testing newcomers before they even arrive.

Swedish political scientist Daniel Schatz says, “The real divide is increasingly not between left and right, but between those who believe a state may set firm conditions for membership in a national community, and those who fear those conditions can become discriminatory or exclusionary. It is about whether integration is a voluntary offer or a civic obligation. That question cuts across traditional party lines.”

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read it slowly and let your lips move.

Interesting that change is beginning in Europe. But have they defined the problem correctly. Will we?

[Jan_Sobieski]

ROFL! 😂

[FreedomPoster]

Banning veils in schools?

I am against this.

Way too wimpy.

I want to ban Islam in the U.S. as a political system that is a direct affront to the U.S. Constitution.

[MinorityRepublican]

I want to ban Islam in the U.S. as a political system that is a direct affront to the U.S. Constitution.

Islam is not a religion; rather it is a political ideology. Their goal is conquest and to turn the entire world into "Dar al-Islam".

[ASOC]

For the US, about 40 years too late.

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[Reddy]

Lol

[LouAvul]

Question: "Is it too late (for mongrels to assimilate to their host country)?"

Answer: You're asking the wrong question. The question is, did they ever want to assimilate in the first place? No. They're not interested in blending. They're here in or to reproduce and overwhelm (by sheer numbers). To dominate and eradicate.

None of these social justice/namby pamby strategies by Western Civilization are worth the spit they're written with.