European court upholds ban on Islamic face veils
The European court in Belgium's upheld the ban on niqabs worn in public:
The European Court of Human Rights upholds a Belgian ban on wearing the full-face niqab veil in public.I'm glad they've upheld sanity, and the importance of having an identity.
The court rules that the restriction seeks to guarantee social cohesion, the “protection of the rights and freedoms of others” and that it was “necessary in a democratic society,” a statement says.
It says a bylaw adopted in June 2008 in the three municipalities of Pepinster, Dison and Verviers “could be regarded as proportionate to the aim pursued, namely the preservation of the conditions of ‘living together’ as an element of the ‘protection of the rights and freedoms of others.’”
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