The Dutch News website reports today (September 15, 2011) that the cabinet in the Netherlands will introduce a ban on the Islamic burka at it September 16 meeting.
Women caught wearing the burka after tomorrow would be fined 380 Euros.
When the ban becomes effective, the Netherlands will be the third European country -- behind France and Belgium -- to ban the face-covering garment.
Fewer than 100 women in the Netherlands are believed to wear a burka.
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