The Netherlands – Dutch Government Considers Ban on Face Veil in Public
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: November 6, 2006
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AMSTERDAM — The Dutch government said Friday, November “The government will search for the possibility to Last December, Dutch lawmakers voted for a proposal by However, Verdonk, known for her tough stances on “The cabinet finds the wearing of a burqa (niqab) Existing Dutch legislation already limits the wearing of If enacted, the Netherland would be the first European A debate has been raging in the West about the niqab Straw’s call has drawn backing from a host of cabinet The Archbishop of Canterbury warned on Friday, October Alienation The proposed government ban has immediately sparked “What the government is doing now is totally There are estimated 50 Muslim women wearing the niqab in “The legislation we already have to protect people for Hope, a Dutch-born Muslim who wears niqab, said she has “Nobody has the right to forbid it. If someone decides I Islam sees hijab as an obligatory code of dress, not a As for the niqab, the majority of Muslim scholars believe Muslims make up one million of the Netherlands’s 16 The Dutch Muslims have been under scrutiny since the The murder was vehemently condemned by Muslim leaders in Since then, the Netherland has adopted a flurry of These include the newcomers would have to watch a film They would have to pass exams on Dutch language and |
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