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  • Spain: City in northeast becomes country's first to ban burqa

    12/12/2010 8:19:38 AM PST · by george76 · 15 replies
    AKI ^ | 09 dicembre 2010
    Lleida in the northeastern Catalonia region on Thursday became Spain's first city to introduce a ban on wearing the face-covering Islamic burqa in public places. These places include offices, sports centres, markets and other property owned by the city council. The niqab - which covers the face but leaves a small slit for the eyes - has also been banned. In neighbouring France, the national parliament in September outlawed the burqa and veils which cover the face... The same month, two separate bills were presented in the upper and lower houses of the Italian parliament which aim to end the...