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Monday, December 14, 2015

After Paris Jihadi Attacks, Northern Italy Bans Burqa

The northern Italian region of Lombardy has passed regulations forbidding access into hospitals and public buildings to anyone wearing face-covering garments, such as the burqa and niqab; this is the first regional law to explicitly outlaw Islamic face coverings in Italy.

Lombardy Governor Roberto Maroni announced the new regulation for access to regional structures, prompted in particular by the Northern League after the November 13 jihadist attacks in Paris. The text makes reference to national legislation already in place, which prohibits people from going about in public dressed in a way that prevents facial recognition without a “justifiable motive.”

The secretary of the Lombard League, Paul Grima, said that current legislation is not respected or enforced, “as thousands of Muslim women go about undisturbed with their faces completely covered by the burqa or the niqab, making it impossible to identify them.”

The new regulation, which will take effect on January 1, 2016, authorizes personnel to stop people from entering public buildings if their faces are not clearly visible, and thus prohibits not only the burqa, but also helmets and other headgear.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good. We should do the same. First of all there is the security issue. Secondly a burqua is abusive to women. It is violence perpetrated on wives, sisters, daughter etc....through control. It's no different than locking someone in a closet.

Anonymous said...

It is such a shame all other free countries have real leaders, and were stuck with the Yellow ass kissing Muslim.

Anonymous said...

Its great to see there are those countries with leaders who have common sense. They can do that here, but EGADS, someone could get offended.
TFB.

Anonymous said...

Good for them.

Anonymous said...

This attire is an offense against women, perpetrated wholly by men.

Anonymous said...

Isn't that somebody famous on the right? Wasn't she in Star Wars?





Never mind.

Anonymous said...

Burquas should be banned everywhere except in their own country.