Tag: wearing burkas
3.000 euros fine for 4 councilors of the Plataforma per Catalonia...
20 June 2012
The Department of Interior has fined 4 councilors and 19 supporters of Plataforma per Catalonia (PxC) with 3,000 euros each, for going...
MP proposes law to ban wearing burkas and balaclavas
A Conservative MP is attempting to pass a law which would ban people from wearing burkas and balaclavas. Philip Hollobone has put forward...
Disputes around Austrian women’s minister’s demand for burka ban
Social Democrat Women's Minister Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek has stirred emotions with her demand to ban the burka in Austria. In various interviews on December 23,...
Belgian Police No Longer Allowed to Check Burqa Wearers
Male police officers are no longer allowed to check the identity of a woman wearing a burka. Only the few female officers of the...
