German MPs approve partial burqa ban
DUSHANBE, 28.04.2017. /NIAT «Khovar»/. German MPs in the lower house of parliament have approved a partial ban on the burqa, Euronews reports.
The draft law stipulates that public servants will be forbidden from wearing the full-face veil while performing their duties.
Integration also means that we should make clear and impart our values and where the boundaries of our tolerance towards other cultures lie,” German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.
The move comes after Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a ban on the burqa ‘wherever legally possible’.