[Media-watch] Italy considers the banning of the Burqa in public places. Woman fined twice for wearing it in public.

[andrew_lawless]

>From "The View From Bologna - Three Monkeys Online"


While France implements its ban on the wearing of the hijab in schools, an
Italian Mayor in the North of the country has fined an Italian Muslim woman,
twice, for leaving her house wearing the Burqa [A veil that covers the face
and entire head but with a place cut out for the eyes].

Cristian Tolettini, the newly elected Mayor of Drezzo(Population 994), from
the Lega Nord party of Umberto Bossi, had already previously tried to ban
the wearing of the veil after his election in May, introducing a public
order that was immediately annulled, due largely to a public outcry, by the
prefecture of Como. Notwithstanding this minor setback, Tolettini announced
the fining of local woman Sabrina Varroni for violation of article 85 of the
Royal decree 773 from 1931, which precludes any type of mask, that may
prevent identification by the authorities.

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