EU rights court upholds Belgian ban on full-face veil

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burka - hejabThe European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld a Belgian ban on wearing the full-face niqab veil in public.

The court ruled that the restriction sought to guarantee social cohesion, the “protection of the rights and freedoms of others” and that it was “necessary in a democratic society”, a statement said.

Belgian banned the wearing of the full-face veil under a June 2011 law. It prohibits appearing in public “with a face masked or hidden, in whole or in part, in such a way as to be unidentifiable”.

Violations can result in fines and up to seven days in jail.

France was the first European country to ban the niqab in April 2011.

The European Court of Human Rights had already ruled on a challenge to the French law in 2014 when it also rejected arguments that the restriction breached religious freedom and individual human rights.

The Belgian case was brought by two Muslim women, Samia Belcacemi, a Belgian national, and Yamina Oussar, a Moroccan.

Both women said they chose of their own free will to wear the niqab and claimed their rights had been infringed and the law was discriminatory.

After Belgium introduced the ban, Belcacemi continued wearing the veil for a while but stopped because of social pressure and fears she would be fined.

Oussar told the court that she had decided to stay at home, the statement from the court said.

(AFP)/ France24

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13 responses to “EU rights court upholds Belgian ban on full-face veil”

  1. Danny Farah Avatar
    Danny Farah

    I think they should ban the veil and burgah alltogether.. they don’t like it then go back where you came from. When you sissies hiding behind veil and burqah then they need to uncover them and don’t let them have their ways. Their countries enforces wearing them and our countries we must enforce them not cover their faces or wearing anything that looks suspicious.. Until the west have the guts to do it, then terror will keep raining.

    1. master09 Avatar
      master09

      I don’t care if someone covers or not. When I walk in a bank with a helmet I am asked to remove that helmet, but I see a person be it women or man under that hijab they are left alone because management is scared these people will take them to court.
      Bullllllshiiiiiiit that’s wrong and yes a women in Saudi Arabia walking in public wearing a bikini will go to jail.

      1. Next time I go in the bank I will wear a ski mask – and claim it’s part of my Ski Mountain Worship religion.

        1. Niemals Avatar

          Next time you need to take a look at the history before 1970!
          1958, when Muslims laughed at the idea of imposing the hijab to women
          https://youtu.be/iv0agvY3jvo

          1. The video is confusing Arabs with Muslims, not all Arabs are Muslims.

            I grew up in Kuwait, and many Bedouin women wore the niqab (before 1970) not all kuwait women wore the niqab – my understanding (but can’t confirm it) is that the specific dress code here, is a Bedouin tradition that was implemented, by men, to protect their women from prying foreign invaders/occupiers way before Islam was invented, by men!. In Lebanon, where I spent my elementary school years 1969-1976, there was no such thing – I was in Tripoli at the time, a city with a majority muslim population, and women didn’t wear a niqab.

            It’s the fundamentalist radicals (or conservatives!), like the ones referenced in the video by President Gamal, and in Saudi Arabia, are the ones that exploit religion and try to enforce/spread this kind of oppressive crap.

            Back when I traveled between Lebanon and Kuwait, as kid, Kuwaiti women on the airplane removed their niqab until they returned to Kuwait. You saw them remove the niqab once the plane took off, and on the way back you see them put it back on just before landing back in Kuwait.

          2. Niemals Avatar

            As to the video it is not confusing, Egyptian are Arabs – the majority (90%) are Muslims, 9% are Coptic Christians and some 1% are other Christian.

            As far as I know it is traditional among Bedouin women wearing the niqab.
            It is indeed the specific dress code among a Bedouin, it is a tradition NOT any religion.

            You pointing it out the fact that being a Muslim doesn’t mean that the women must wear a niqab.
            https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5afb9bb225887808bcb71a5431ad96f3ba760a768ac139a51e8abbe55cfdb0ce.jpg
            It is the fundamentalist radicals, like those who moved to the EU and other Western countries, who use religion and try to enforce / spread this kind of oppressive shit.

    2. Niemals Avatar

      Muslims laughed at the idea of imposing the hijab to women, and all ready in 1958!

      Now the say; “I will wear a ski mask – and claim it’s part of my Ski Mountain Worship religion.”…..

  2. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    Covering their hair fine. We can all cover our hair one way or another with a cap, hat, bandanna if you still think it’s cool, or shit cream in Hani’s case…
    Covering the whole face masks a person’s identity which beats the purpose of having one. So go do it in your homes if you want. In public, you are a citizen and your identity must remain public.

    1. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      Here we go again proving me right… You cannot let go of cleaning the $hit since that is what you do all day long so it never leaves your vocab.

      1. stop mental masturbation please

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          Who stepped on your long nose?

          1. 他媽的你

      2. Hannibal Avatar
        Hannibal

        Proving me right again janitor…

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