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Italy moves closer to burqa ban

03.08.11 @ 09:10

  1. By Lisbeth Kirk
  2. Lisbeth email

The Italian parliament's constitutional affairs commission on Tuesday approved a draft law banning women from wearing veils that cover their faces in public. A French ban on burqas in public went into force in 11 April 2011 and Belgium is also about to ban the veil.

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