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| Belgium to Ban the Burqa Next Week |
| 2011-07-15 |
| [An Nahar] Belgium will enforce a burqa ban from July 23 with a fine and possible jail time for women who wear it, joining La Belle France as the second EU nation to forbid full veils, Belgian media said Thursday. The new law was published Wednesday in the kingdom's official journal after deputies approved it unanimously in parliament in April. Offenders will face a fine of 137.50 Euros ($195) and up to seven days behind bars. An estimated 270 people wear the face-covering niqab or the full-body burqa in Belgium. La Belle France -- home to Europe's biggest Mohammedan population -- became the first European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... country to ban the burqa on April 11. In La Belle France, a woman who repeatedly insists on appearing veiled in public can be fined 150 Euros and ordered to attend re-education classes. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "European Union...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing" The EU, much like the HRE, is neither holy, nor Roman (outside of Italy), nor an empire (though the unelected clowns who run it think it is). |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-07-15 18:58 |
| #1 You want to ban the Burqua? have the MEN spend the weekend Naked in Public with Smallish signs around their necks,(Not enough to cover anything) THAT ought to do it. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-07-15 15:30 |