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Belgium - Muslim Woman Fined for
Wearing Burka in Public
A Belgian Muslim woman
was ordered to pay 200 euros ($300) for wearing a burka, a Islamic outfit that
covers everything but the eyes, in a public place, the La Capital paper
reported on Thursday.
The woman was detained
while taking her children to an Islamic school in the Etterbeek municipality of
the Belgian capital,
She was initially
ordered to pay a 35-euro fine for violating a local ban on covering faces in
public places.
When the woman was
caught wearing the outfit the second time, she was fined 200 euros, but refused
to pay and went to court.
"The rule is the
rule, and we must obey it," local mayor Vincent De Wolf said.
The Belgium Muslim community ranges from 400,000 to 600,000 people.
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