Fwd: [bangla-vision] Now, Italy slaps fine over burqa

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From: Hasan Essa <hasniessa@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:28 AM
Subject: [bangla-vision] Now, Italy slaps fine over burqa

Now, Italy slaps fine over burqa AFP, May 5, 2010, 12.23am IST   ROME: Italian police fined a woman $650 for wearing a full Islamic veil — the first punishment of its kind in Italy but the latest in a wave of sanctions against the burqa in Europe. The Tunisian woman was walking in a street in Novara on Monday when she was stopped by a patrol, local police said. "City police ticketed her last night and she will have to pay a $650 fine," Novara municipal police official Mauro Franzinelli said. "As far as I know this is a first in Italy." The woman was stopped by police outside a post office as she was walking with her husband. The husband produced identity documents for the couple but refused demands by the male officers for the woman to lift her veil so she could be identified. Police then called in another patrol which included a woman officer to carry out the face check. Franzinelli, who is also a local official for the anti-immigration Northern League, said the city had adopted a decree in January banning the burqa in public. He said the interior ministry was aware of the ban and its comments had been taken into account. "It's a security problem. In a civilised community, people cannot walk around completely covered," Novara's mayor, Massimo Giordano said. While there is no specific legislation on the burqa, covering the face in public — even with a helmet — has been banned in Italy since 1975.

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