Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Italy Approves Draft Law That Bans Face Veils; About 3,000 Women in Italy Wear the Niqab

The Europe News website reports today (August 3, 2011) that an Italian parliamentary commission approved a draft law yesterday that would ban women from wearing veils that cover their face in public.

The draft law will be forwarded to the Italian parliament following summer recess, and -- if it is passed -- Italy will be the third European country to ban face veils, joining France and Belgium.

The law was sponsored by Souad Sbai -- a member of the conservative Freedom People Party and a native of Morocco -- who said, "We have to help women to get out of this submission."

An estimated 3,000 women across Italy wear face veils.

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