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Dutch MPs asked to reconsider burqa ban as women report rise in abuse

The so-called burqa ban has been in place since August 2019 and women who cover their faces on public transport or in buildings including schools and hospitals risk a 150 euro fine

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Baden-Württemberg Culture Minister Susanne Eisenmann said the ban would encourage "togetherness" and "open communication", which she says can't be achieved with a veil.

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Denmark has ridiculed itself with burka ban, activist tells Euronews

Franco-Algerian businessman and political activist Rachid Nekkaz, who pays the fines of women caught wearing burkas, has hit out at a new ban in Denmark.

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The ex-UK foreign minister is under fire from across the political spectrum after saying Muslim women who wear the burka look like "letter boxes" and "bank robbers".

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Theresa May condemns Boris Johnson's burka comments

Theresa May has criticised her former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson for an article in which he described burka-wearing women as looking "absolutely ridiculous" . Mr Johnson made the remarks in a Daily Telegraph column. The Conservative Party's chairman, Brandon Lewis, has called on Mr Johnson to

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