"We Don't Have to Be Tolerant All the Time"
Berlusconi allied Mayor bans Burquinis: Women wearing the garment, made up of a veil, a tunic and loose leggings, face a fine of €500 (£430) if they are spotted at swimming pools or rivers, the ANSA news agency reported.
The anti-immigration mayor of the northern Piedmont town said: "The sight of a 'masked woman' could disturb small children, not to mention problems of hygiene.
"We don't have to be tolerant all the time," Gianluca Buonanno said.
Justifying the move, Mr Buonanno added: "Imagine a western woman bathing in a bikini in a Muslim country. The consequences could be decapitation, prison or deportation. We are merely prohibiting the use of the burqini."
Last week a swimming pool in Paris refused entry to a burqini-clad woman on similar grounds, adding to tensions over Muslim dress in France.
The incident came as French lawmakers conducted hearings on whether to ban the burqa after President Nicolas Sarkozy said the head-to-toe body covering and veil was "not welcome" in France, which is home to Europe's biggest Muslim minority.
Mr Buonanno belongs to the Northern League, a party allied with the centre-Right People of Freedom party led by Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister.
5 comments:
Carlos Echevarria,
This is good news.
Thanks Damien, good to hear from you.
As for me they can wear whatever the hell ugly thing they want as long as it has no effect on me ...including goatskin leggings and mooseheads
"Imagine a western woman bathing in a bikini in a Muslim country. The consequences could be decapitation, prison or deportation."
No kidding, Mr. Mayor.
Thanks for the tip, Anonymous. This should resonate well with the British people right after their government released the Lockerbie bomber on "compassionate" grounds. How much longer can the leftists and apologists of evil defend the footsoldiers of fascist ideologies? 1930s Britain all over again.
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