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Anti-burqa bill tabled in Italian parliament
Saturday, September 18, 2010 12:39:08 PM,
AKI
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Rome:
Italy's anti-immigrant North League party has introduced a bill in
the lower house of parliament seeking ban on burqa, the full body
veil worn by Muslim women.
According to the legislation, wearing burqa will be punishable by
a year in prison, fines of 150 to 300 euros for the wearer and
30,000 euros for anyone forcing a woman to don the face-covering
Islamic garment.
Anyone coercing a minor or a disabled woman into wearing a burqa
will be eligible for a 60,000-euro fine.
If a woman is wearing the burqa of her own volition, the 150-300
euro fine can be reduced, if she agrees to do community service
aimed at better integrating Muslim immigrants.
"This bill represents a step forward because we are not just
facing a problem of public order, but - we believe - an offence to
women's dignity", said Carolina Lussana, Northern League member of
parliament, handing over the copy of the bill to reporters.
"It is also a violation of the principle of equality between men
and women enshrined in our constitution," she said.
The bill is likely to draw criticism from many Muslim immigrants,
but 73 percent of Italians believe the burqa should not be allowed
to be worn in public places, according to a recent poll by Panel
Data.
The right-leaning Northern League's bill came just days after
France's upper house of parliament, the Senate, voted by 246 to
one to ban the burqa.
Under the new French law, women will be fined or jailed for
covering their faces in public.
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