Sunday, September 18, 2011

Netherland Intolerance

Can't put a veil over it, either:

"Netherlands to ban face veils in public" by Bloomberg News / September 17, 2011

AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands plans to ban facial veils in public places, with women clad in burqas that cover their faces risking a fine of as much as $523.

“Wearing clothes that partly or almost fully cover the face fundamentally breaches the character of social interaction, during which we meet each other with a recognizable visage equally,’’ the Dutch government said in a statement on its website yesterday.

The ban was first proposed in 2005 by Geert Wilders, who now leads the anti-Islam Freedom Party that supports Prime Minister’s Mark Rutte’s minority government of Liberals and Christian Democrats. The Cabinet deems a possible restriction of freedom of religion necessary and justified in the interest of the protection of the character and good customs of public life in the Netherlands, the government said....  

Did it say anything about bombing them into oblivion in faraway lands?

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