From Vlaams Belang
(25.05.2010) In 2003, Vlaams Belang was the first party to introduce a law proposition regarding the ban on the burqa and other face covering garments. In April of this year, the ban was finally voted in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
Last Saturday, the Muslim organization “Muslim Rise” would have normally held a demonstration in Brussels against the burqa ban. However, they did not get the authorization for their protest march and instead organized a press conference in the presence of Anjem Choudary, the leader of ‘Islam4UK’, a fundamentalist group that is banned in the United Kingdom. “The burqa ban will lead to violence”, Choudary said, adding that “the flag of Islam has to fly everywhere in Europe”.
Vlaams Belang reacted to this provocation by holding a symbolic protest. About fifty female militants of our party protested against the Islamic oppression of women. Several women wore a burqa, which they symbolically threw in the garbage bin. The message is clear: Islam can damage your freedom.