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Wednesday 2 December 2020
Between 200 and 400 women are estimated to wear a burqa or niqab in the country of 17 million people.
Denmark, France and Belgium are just some of the countries that have banned the burqa.
“When the mosque is one of the few places where we can (wear veils), then I think the law will mean that more people will go to the mosque.”
This week Angela Merkel has said that she supports prohibition of the burqa. Should we also ban face veils here in Ireland?
She underlined her support for a proposal by her interior minister to outlaw the full-face burqa Islamic veil in public places.
“It has nothing to do with religion,” says the Prime Minister.
The country’s aim of ‘living together’ justifies the law, said the ECtHR.
Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, 27, who was subject to an order restricting his movements, does not pose a direct threat to the public, the British Home Secretary insisted today.
The Islamic Cultural Cente of Ireland has been responding to calls from a councillor in Cork to ban the burqa in Ireland.
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
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