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| Belgium inches closer to burqa ban | |
| 2011-05-01 | |
[Iran Press TV] Belgium's lower house of parliament has approved a bill that would ban all clothing that covers or partially covers the face and that would prohibit Mohammedan women from wearing the burqa and the niqab in public.
If approved by the Senate, Belgium would become the second European country after La Belle France to put such a law into practice. The law would target all women who use the face veil, known as the niqab, and the body-length burqa. Violators of the law would be punished with fines of 15 to 25 euros (about $20 to $33) or imprisonment for up to seven days. The Chamber of Deputies -- Belgium's lower house of parliament -- first approved the proposal almost one year ago, but that version of the bill was nixed when the parliament was dissolved due to a government crisis fueled by a row between the country's French and Dutch-speaking politicians. La Belle France has also banned facial covers, declaring that any woman -- French or foreigner -- who wears a niqab or burqa in public will be fined 150 euros. People who force women to wear such covers will face a much larger fine and a prison sentence of up to two years. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION RENSE > EU MERGES ENGLAND, FRANCE WID ITS OWN FLAG | [DailyMail.UK] THE EU IS TRYING TO WIPE US OFF THE MAP, ENGLAND + FRANCE [combined]IN NEW "ARC MANCHE" REGION ... ... WID ITS OWN FLAG. Southern England + Northern France. and * WAFF > RUSSIA URGES [warns] TURKEY TO PRESERVE [respect] MONTREUX TREATY, as per the proposed "CANAL INSTANBUL" PROJECT. Not just Moscow. IIUC, Russia is warning Turkey that THERE IS MUCH MORE TO THE MONTREUX TREATY THAN JUST ITS SEEMINGLY PRO-TURKEY CLAUSES. * SAME > [Greek Commentary]"PHAROANIC PROJECT OF ERDOGAN" FRIGHTENING. ARTIC = Turkey's proposed "CANAL INSTANBUL" PROJECT could lead to a super-buildup = overcongestion of merchant shipping in the AEGEAN [SEZ-EEZ = FreePort?], which in turn may lead to POTENTIAL INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR GREECE TO SCALE BACK ITS SOVEREIGN TERRITORIAL BORDERS IN FAVOR OF TURKEY + TRADE-LED NEW AEGEAN ORDER??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-01 23:48 |