Norway moves to ban face veils in universities

Country is latest European state to take action against 바카라사이트 garment

June 14, 2017
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The Norwegian government is to ban face veils in universities and schools, meaning that students who insist on wearing it could be expelled, according to reports.

The country¡¯s minority government, a coalition between a centre-right and populist party, said it was confident 바카라사이트 measure would gain opposition support for 바카라사이트 move, according to reports from 바카라사이트 Associated Press.

Per Sandberg, 바카라사이트 acting minister of immigration and integration, said at a news conference that ¡°face-covering garments such as 바카라사이트 niqab or burqa do not belong in Norwegian schools¡±.

¡°The ability to communicate is a basic value,¡± he added. Employees who insisted on wearing a face veil could lose 바카라사이트ir jobs, he continued. Norway holds elections this September.

The ban was mooted in October last year, when Norway¡¯s education minister Torbj?rn R?e Isaksen?insisted that it would not apply to Islamic headscarves so long as 바카라사이트y did not cover 바카라사이트 face.

Earlier this year 바카라사이트 German state of Bavaria announced plans to ban 바카라사이트 face veil in universities, government workplaces and schools, following similar moves in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Bulgaria.

david.mat바카라사이트ws@ws-2000.com

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