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Tory MP Launches First Legal Bid to Ban Burka In Britain

July 1, 2010

Author: Kirsty Walker

Source: The Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1290863/Tory-MP-Philip-Hollobone-launches-bid-ban-burka-Britain.html

A Tory MP has launched a legal bid to ban Muslim women from wearing burkas in public places.

Philip Hollobone has tabled a private members' bill which would make it illegal for anyone to cover their face in public.

See also: Islam, International, Women, Advocacy/Government, Islam in Europe, Niquab or Burqa Controversies, Religious Freedom