MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN via Getty Images Women wearing niqab to veil their faces take part in a demonstration on Aug. 1, 2018, the first day of the implementation of the Danish face veil ban, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Muslim women and their allies organized protests in two Danish cities on Wednesday, as a ban on wearing face veils in public took effect in Denmark. Some of the hundreds of Muslim and non-Muslim Danes who attended the Copenhagen protests flouted the new ban by wearing the niqab, an Islamic face veil that leaves the eye area open, Reuters reported. Muslim women who do not wear face veils also participated in the protests. Danish police told Reuters that people who wear face veils during a peaceful protest are exempt from the ban.

Source: Huffington Post August 01, 2018 21:22 UTC