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Norway aims to ban face-covering Muslim veils in kindergartens, schools and universities, the government said on Monday, the latest European nation to propose restrictions on wearing burqas and niqabs.
France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria and the German state of Bavaria have all imposed restrictions on wearing full-face veils in public places.
Norway's minority government, a coalition of the centre-right Conservatives and the populist Progress Party, said it was confident it would find opposition support for the move.
“We have every reason to believe this will be approved by parliament,” Education Minister Torbjoern Roe Isaksen told Reuters.
Norway, which will hold elections on Sept 11, will be the first country in the Nordics to introduce a ban on burqas for both adults and children.
“Face-covering garment such as the niqab or burqa do not belong in Norwegian schools. The ability to communicate is a basic value,” acting Minister of Immigration and Integration, Per Sandberg, told a news conference.
Employees who insist on wearing a veil would risk losing their jobs, and students could face expulsion from university, he added.
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Jun 12, 2017 02:25pm
Very good and sensible decision by Norway.
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Jun 12, 2017 02:26pm
This is there country and they can ask whatever they want on majority ruling. Those who are minority have to respect and follow the rule of law. If cannot, the world is very large and open.... Peace to all
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Jun 12, 2017 02:28pm
i am a muslim and i think nikab is a bit too much and not required in todays world
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Jun 12, 2017 02:35pm
@truthspeaks Funny thoughts...
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Jun 12, 2017 02:38pm
Good, appreciate the move
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Jun 12, 2017 02:43pm
@Truth
Please elaborate .....
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Jun 12, 2017 02:49pm
@Rationalbabu
It was sarcasm
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Jun 12, 2017 02:52pm
Great. It's about time. Full face vail is not Islamic anyway
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Jun 12, 2017 03:18pm
Good move.
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Jun 12, 2017 05:01pm
Good decision
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Jun 12, 2017 06:49pm
@The end is near agree
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Jun 12, 2017 07:15pm
Very sensible step, because no one tell, who is really behind Burgas... One can be He or a She or a Neutral and one need to raise the burqua to find the fact!
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Jun 12, 2017 07:58pm
Good decision by Norway
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Jun 12, 2017 08:15pm
Good Decision.
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Jun 12, 2017 08:36pm
Good move. We should implement in Pakistan also
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Jun 12, 2017 09:45pm
Wow, didn't know Norway did this. At MIT a woman showed up in a class with full veil and the professor, politely asked her to either remove it or leave his class. The professor felt she was being disrespectful to his class and him.
I don't understand why very conservative Muslims or Jews for that matter want to live in liberal societies.
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Jun 12, 2017 09:53pm
Good step..
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Jun 12, 2017 10:07pm
Totally unnecessary ban in Norway, as also in other European countries: Apart from the UK, there are barely any full-veil wearing women in Europe and the few that can can be seen are mostly Arabic tourists - such a ban is just pure populism of right-wing politicians.
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Jun 12, 2017 10:28pm
Very good move. The world needs to replicate.
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Jun 12, 2017 10:37pm
good
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Jun 12, 2017 10:59pm
Very good move. We should implement this in Pakistan and other Asian countries. World view is Muslims are regressive which is not true and we need to be part of the progressive world. Pakistan being a Muslim country should take leadership role in such progress. We should also start banning the right wing mullahs
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Jun 12, 2017 10:59pm
Paksitan should follow the suit.
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Jun 12, 2017 11:03pm
I agree with this personally, you cant be sitting in a classroom like this!
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Jun 12, 2017 11:14pm
A good decision...
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Jun 13, 2017 12:28am
I am fine with these rulings though the idea that the majority's vote should force minorities to change behaviour is also ridiculous. Considering they're using public schools it's the school that makes the rule. Were it a private school I wouldn't stand for this.
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Jun 13, 2017 12:40am
Excellent decision. Fully support the ban.
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Jun 13, 2017 12:56am
An attack on freedom of choice.
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Jun 13, 2017 12:57am
@The end is near May you get visa soon
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Jun 13, 2017 01:22am
Great move'
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Jun 13, 2017 01:22am
Nikab is in the mind and heart and not in complete face covering.
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Jun 13, 2017 01:29am
Hope Norway bans full-face veil not only in the school but also in the whole country. It is an insult to women , Norway is a free society which treats men and women equally. If migrants don't like it, tell them to go back where they came from.
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Jun 13, 2017 01:53am
Rightly done.
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Jun 13, 2017 01:55am
@truthspeaks Niqab is not required in Islam, PERIOD. This is a cultural thing. and should not be allowed in public.
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Jun 13, 2017 02:18am
@Fatima
so go and visit some foreign countries i
and you will see how far this has grown
time to move away from this idea of looking at woman as an object which needs to be hidden
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Jun 13, 2017 02:21am
I have lived in Norway for many years now and have yet to see a single fully veiled women here whatsoever. In fact, I just asked my wife if she has ever seen one and she replies back in negative. My kids goes to Norwegian public schools and there is not a single kid who wears a veil. It's a political gimmick with hardly any on-the-ground implications or changes.
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Jun 13, 2017 02:50am
I agree with Norway......Dress code should be the one which is followed during the Haj...
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Jun 13, 2017 02:50am
@The end is near .
Yes...
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Jun 13, 2017 02:51am
@truthspeaks The dress code during Haj should be followed.
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Jun 13, 2017 03:42am
Who go to Norway if one wants to NOT follow their laws; it is a security risk when one's face can not be recognized; why not go to other nations that permit this?
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Jun 13, 2017 03:43am
@Fatima "Totally unnecessary ban in Norway, as also in other European countries: Apart from the UK, there are barely any full-veil wearing women in Europe"
If there are no women who wear the full veil, then the ban will not impact anyone. So what is the problem?
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Jun 13, 2017 04:00am
Norway has every right to do so. Ensure safety for your people. Islam is no hurdle to any one's way of life.
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Jun 13, 2017 04:18am
@Truth where are so called champion of freedom of speech?
It isn't a duty of the state to tell the citizens that what to wear or what to eat. If it is so, then state should give a dressing code to the nation. Dressing is a personal issue and it sshould remain on a person's choice.
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Jun 13, 2017 04:48am
Sensible
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Jun 13, 2017 05:01am
Good decision
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Jun 13, 2017 06:31am
Well done Norway
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Jun 13, 2017 06:59am
Good ,,justified
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Jun 13, 2017 07:31am
Right decision. If you are so conservative then what are you doing in an open society?
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Jun 13, 2017 07:54am
@Shaukat Shah are talking about SA?
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Jun 13, 2017 07:57am
Its their country their rules. take it or leave it. there are over 50 islamic countries where u can enjoy wearing full veil.
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Jun 13, 2017 08:10am
This is the attitude with cause deep resentments in Muslims who lives in Europe and made them vulnerable to extremist people agenda. I don't think such stupid bans will brought any good to these countries except resentment and anger.
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