Full-face veil ban in Germany
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Angela Merkel calls for full-face veil ban in Germany CNN
German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a ban on full-face veils in the country, during a speech at her party's conference on Tuesday.
"The full veil is not appropriate here, it should be forbidden wherever that is legally possible. It does not belong to us," she said at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) gathering. Her comments were met with sustained applause by the audience. It's not the first time party leaders have proposed banning the Islamic dress, with Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere also calling for the veil to barred from public places in August. http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/06/europe/angela-merkel-full-veil-ban-germany/
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I personally have a problem
I personally have a problem encountering people whose faces I can't see, whether it's related to veils or tinted car windows.
I don't have any problems with a variety of cultural garb, though.
Tough situation...
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It's political maneuverings:
It's political maneuvering:
Merkel’s call for a ban is intended to leave little space to her right as Germany approaches federal elections, scheduled for the fall of 2017. It’s designed both to allay the concerns of the more conservative and anti-immigrant elements within her own party and to protect her right flank from the swiftly rising nationalist party Alternative for Germany, which has argued that Islam is “not compatible with the German constitution.”
http://www.vox.com/world/2016/12/6/13854214/germany-angela-merkel-burqa-ban