Following in the footsteps of The Netherlands, which banned the burka in all government buildings and public spaces last week, the German state of Bavaria is set to ban face covering in most public places.
The ban, which is brought forth by Bavria’s Christian Social Union (CSU) party is the sister party of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will effect high security areas such as public events and educational institutions.
The burka is an Islamic type of dress for women covering the whole the face and body except for the eyes which is banned in six European countries and according to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes women look like “bank robbers and post boxes”.
The Bavarian state government are also set to pass new anti-terror legislation will allow the police to monitor terror suspects with electronic ankle tags.
In a statement Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Hermann said
“A culture of open communication is part of the liberal democratic values of the Christian, Western tradition. A communication exchange takes place not only through language, but also through looks, facial expressions and gestures. It forms the basis of our interpersonal coexistence and is the basis of our society and free, democratic, basic order. A face covering disrupts this communication culture,”.
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