Burqa ban: Bulgaria outlaws face-covering clothes in public places

Burqa ban: Bulgaria outlaws face-covering clothes in public places

9/30/2016
Bulgaria’s parliament has passed legislation that effectively bans burqas – veils which fully cover the face, worn by Muslim women in public in a bid to step up security in the country following a series of terrorist attacks in Europe.

 The law, put forward by Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front coalition and approved on Friday by the unicameral National Assembly, prohibits “wearing in public clothing that partially or completely covers the face,” AFP reported.

 Any type of such clothing may not be worn in government offices, educational and cultural institutions, and places of public recreation, except for health or professional reasons.


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