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Muslim women to be allowed to wear their veils in identity document photos
The Spanish Ministry for the Interior is to allow Muslim women to wear their veil in photographs used for the new electronic DNI identity documents. The new electronic DNI cards started to be issued in a pilot scheme in Burgos last March, and will be implemented nationwide from 2008.The Ministry has informed the Islamic community here that instructions are to be circulated to police stations explaining that Muslim women can pose with the veil in place in those cases where determined practices, beliefs or religious orders oblige them to hide their hair and ear lobes. The Spanish ministry considers that provided the eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips are visible, the photo can be accepted. Posted by: ryuge 2006-06-20 |
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