Due to several reports of
terrorists attack in various European countries and Germany in particular,
Bavaria has finalised plans to place a complete ban of the full-face veil
almost all public places including schools.
The southern German state will
also prohibit the wearing of the Islamic veil in universities, government
workplaces and polling stations.
The proposed ban is coming about
seven months to the country’s general elections, which has immigration as the
burning to most Germans.
Bavarian conservatives, the sister
party to Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, currently govern the
region, and hope to stave votes off the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany
party.
According to Bavarian Interior
Minister Joachim Herman, at the end of a draft law stated that: "Communication
happens not only via language but also via looks, facial expressions and
gestures.
"It's the foundation of our
interactions with each other and it's the basis of our free and democratic
order.
"Concealing your face is at
odds with this culture of communication."
In December, Mrs Merkel called
for a ban on full-face Muslim veils "wherever legally possible".
Over the past two years alone,
more than a million, mainly Muslim, migrants have arrived in Germany.
France and Belgium have already
banned the burqa, while the region of Lombardy in northern Italy has outlawed
it in hospitals and public offices belonging to the regional government.
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