Echoes Proposals: Full-Face Coverings and Islamic Traditions

echoes proposals: The plan would make it a regulatory offence for women to cover their faces in courtrooms, administrative buildings and schools, as well as while driving or attending demonstrations, according to Hamilton Spectator. Therefore the full veil is not appropriate here, it should be banned wherever it legally possible, Merkel said. Speaking to a cheering conference of her centre-right Christian Democratic Union, Merkel who is launching a bid for a fourth term in elections next year used her strongest language yet to back a proposal by conservative elements in her party. The call echoes proposals in France and other European nations to put restrictions on full-face coverings such as the burqa or other Islamic traditions for women such as the niqab, which shows only the eyes. But her words at the party conference reaffirming her as its candidate and leader seemed aimed to appease her internal party critics who have charged her with recklessly opening the door to hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers fleeing war. Merkel has previously decried full Muslim veils as a hindrance to migrant assimilation into Germany society. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.