Italy move to ban the burka
Italy is set to become the next country in Europe to issue a burka ban after the government presented a draft proposal to parliament.
Published: 5:51PM BST 07 Oct 2010
The move comes a month after the French parliament approved a ban on wearing a full-face veil in public Photo: REUTERS A group of MPs from the Northern League, part of Silvio Berlusconi's ruling right wing coalition, proposed the bill, which states that burkas should be banned in Italy, not for "religious reasons but for security reasons".
The move comes a month after the French parliament approved a ban on wearing a full-face veil in public.
Until now an exception has been made for the wearing of the Muslim veil on the grounds of religious freedom.
The Northern League said it wanted the law changed so that it included Italy's burgeoning population of 1.2 million Muslim immigrants.
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