The prospect of a burqa ban spreads across Europe

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Series Details 21.5.10
Publication Date 21/05/2010
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In several European countries, measures against face-veils worn by some Muslim women are up for debate. The full-body burqa or the face-covering niqab are pushing many countries toward a ban.

However, human rights conventions of the Council of Europe only allow controls on religious freedom in the interest of public safety or the preservation of democracy.

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ESO: Background information: German Euro MP Koch-Mehrin urges EU burka ban http://www.europeansources.info/record/german-euro-mp-koch-mehrin-urges-eu-burka-ban/
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Pew Research Center: Pew Global Attitudes Project: Survey Reports: Widespread Support For Banning Full Islamic Veil in Western Europe , July 2010 http://pewglobal.org/2010/07/08/widespread-support-for-banning-full-islamic-veil-in-western-europe/
Council of Europe: Press Release, 23.6.10: PACE unanimously opposed to a general ban on wearing of the burqa https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=PR508(2010)&Language=lanEnglish&Ver=original&Site=DC&BackColorInternet=F5CA75&BackColorIntranet=F5CA75&BackColorLogged=A9BACE
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Spiegel Online International, 21.7.10: Europe's Fear of the Burqa http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,707251,00.html

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