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Ban on full-face veil spreads

Tuesday 20 July 2010 at 7:16 am | In News | Post Comment This week, Syria has banned the wearing of a full-face veil at university campuses as the practice runs counter to the academic values and traditions of Syrian universities.

In 2009, Egypt barred female students from wearing the full-face veil.

Earlier this month, France’s lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved a bill that would ban wearing the Islamic full veil in public. The Senate must ratify it in September to become law.

Belgium is at a similar stage of passing a bill to ban clothing that hides a person’s identity in public places, although it does not specifically refer to the full-face Islamic veil.