From The Daily Mail:
By Nick Pisa
Last updated at 1:41 PM on 7th October 2010
Ban: Italy could become the next European country to ban the burka after a government report ruled in favour of legislation to prohibit wearing it in public
Italy is set to become the next European country to ban the burka after a government report ruled in favour of the proposed legislation.
MPs from the anti-immigration Northern League party, a member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s ruling right wing coalition, have presented the proposal in a bill.
It comes just weeks after France banned the wearing of burkas and other forms of face veils – a decision which prompted al Qaeda terrorists to vow revenge.
An Interior Ministry report now being considered by the Constitutional Affairs Commission says that if introduced the law should make clear burkas and other face coverings were being banned not for ‘religious reasons but for security reasons.’ Continue Reading →




