22 October 2015

Do we need to ban burkas in Luxembourg?

Luxembourg Christian Social Party the CSV is drawing up a text to propose the banning of the wearing of burkas in Luxembourg.

The party plans to table a debate on a potential prohibition of the full-length veil, covering the face, which is worn in public by some Muslim women.

CSV MEP Viviane Reding said the goal of such a ban would be to promote and protect equal rights of women in Luxembourg society.

The issue is being raised as Luxembourg prepares to house and integrate hundreds of refugees, of all religious faiths. It was also a topic raised during an information meeting with the inhabitants of Chiem, on the Kirchberg plateau, whose homes are close to a new emergency asylum centre in Hall 6 of Luxexpo. [Luxemburger Wort] Read more