MOROCCO REPORTEDLY BANS BURQA OVER SECURITY FEARS"We believe in an open society that is also based on open communication. Full-body veils in public spaces stand against that and will therefore be prohibited," said the text of the coalition agreement published on Monday. MERKEL'S CALL FOR BURQA BAN IN GERMANY DRAWS BACKLASHKern added that he wanted to avoid “giving 600,000 Muslims in Austria the feel that they are not part of our society,” DW reported. The French parliament passed an act more than six years ago that made France the first European Union country to ban the niqab and burqa, the full-face or face-and-body coverings worn by some Muslim women, in public places. Various burqa bans have also been approved in Belgium, the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Switzerland.

Source: Fox News January 31, 2017 14:03 UTC