Italy, home of the occasional good deed (Bugatti notwithstanding) has come to its senses and decided to seriously explore the burqa ban, now on the books in France and Belgium. The third EU country to put the brakes on Islamic expansion, albeit a small step is welcome and needed. The covering and subjugation of women as second-class citizens, mandated by the Qur'an and hadiths of Muhammad is not to be tolerated in a secular democracy, Italy should be applauded for taking a stance against Islamic doctrine.
From the Mail Online August 2 by Nick Pisa
Now Italy is set to join Belgium and France in banning the burkha in public
Ghosts in the machine
Italy is set to be the next European Union to introduce a burkha ban after parliament announced today it would debate legislation after the summer recess.
France and Belgium already have bans in place and the proposal has the backing of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's ruling centre right coalition.
Italy's Constitutional Affairs Committee said that the bill which was initially suggested by the anti-immigration Northern League would be debated following the summer recess in September.
Berlusconi's has a healthy majority in both the upper and lower houses of the Italian parliament and a ban is highly likely to go through when it comes to an eventual vote.
In France the ban became law earlier this year and after it was initially announced Al Qaeda terrorists vowed revenge.
Italy has more than one million Muslims but it is rare to see women wearing the full burkha.
The draft law, which makes no mention of religion, would also ban the niqab, which covers the bottom part of the face only, and other head-covering garments ‘of ethnic origin’.
Committee members agreed to the proposal going before the house after a vote which was opposed by the opposition Democratic Left - with other opposition parties abstaining.
The penalty being considered for offenders will be a fine of between 150 and 300 euros or alternatively some kind of community service ‘aimed at encouraging integration’.
Good luck with that.
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