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He said wearing the face veil at work was a normal and acceptable practice in several jobs and vocations in the GCC and across the Arab world.

Muslim women in Sri Lanka who wear the face veil have always complied in identifying themselves for security purposes, and at checkpoints and in this situation they are willing to cooperate.

Ajami argued that the face veil had become a source of sedition in the Egyptian society.

"When I was growing up, there were some women in my circle who chose to wear a face veil," she said.

Human rights groups argue that the ban on the face veil violates the rights of Danish citizens.

least in part because she wore a face veil and thus demonstrated, in the

The Islamic face veil is now banned in public spaces by several European countries; Austria being the last country to pass a bill for a general ban in March 2017 and Germany having decided for a partial ban for selected professions in April 2017.

Citing a desire to preserve the country's culture and to address "security concerns," Latvia's Ministry of Justice is drafting a law to ban face veils in public places , according to The New York Times.

If a woman chooses to wear a full face veil, that's okay.

The Experience of Face Veil Wearers in Europe and the Lazo, edited by Eva Brems, positions itself in the midst of a political, cultural, and intimately personal debate enveloping Europe over what is colloquially known as the "burqa ban." Since 2010, Belgium, France, and select regions of the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain have adopted laws prohibiting citizens from covering their faces with "disguises," "masks," and "costumes." Ostensibly, such bans are to protect the rights of all citizens and improve national security; in practice, they function to prevent practicing Muslim women from wearing garments such as the niqab.

"We also realized quite early on that women who wear Niqab, the face veil, suffered more aggressive incidents - there was something about the face veil that in a way brought out the worst in the perpetrator."

It also suggested refusing asylum or citizenship to full-face veiled women, considering coercion to wear face-covering veils as a reason for asylum requests, issuing a parliamentary resolution denouncing Muslim full-face veils and creating a national school of Islamic studies ("France MP's report backs Muslim face veil bans" 2010, Davies 2010a, Bremner 2010).

The poll found that three-quarters (76%) said they were unsure of how to relate to women wearing the full face veil.

HAS no one realised that wearing full face veil and covering hands and body in black garments is actually a health hazard waiting to happen?

The lawmakers said in the statement that even if the removal of the face veil would only be implemented on a case-to-case basis, it was still detrimental to their culture and practice.