German public broadcaster ARD came under fire Monday for allowing a woman wearing a full-face veil to argue on a current affairs talkshow that disillusioned youths could view war-torn Syria as the ‘promised land’.
Austrian conservative politicians called for a ban on full body veils on Thursday, saying the veils would hinder women to integrate into the mainly Catholic Austrian society.
Latvia has banned women from wearing the Islamic full-face veil in public, despite only three people being known to wear them in the entire country.
