Reply #16: Aljazeera: 'Burqa ban' key to Dutch coalition: pro-business, Christian and anti-immigration parties [View All]

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/09/2010930175521991437.html

The new Dutch government could be the second country after France to impose a ban on the full face-covering veil after the formation of a minority coalition government.

The banning of burqua was agreed on Thursday as a price for parliamentary support from the anti-immigration Freedom Party demanded the so-called "burqa ban" and a pledge to halve immigration as the price for joining two center-right parties in government.

"We want to stop the Islamisation " Geert Wilders, the Freedom party leader, told a news conference as he stood alongside the leaders of the pro-business VVD party and the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

The move is seen by many as a shift to the right, which has dented the ruling bloc's reputation for tolerance and may increase security risks. Wilders is currently on trial in the Netherlands for inciting hatred against Muslims.
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That's quite a coalition: a pro-business party, Christian Democrats and an anti-immigration party. No progressives in that crowd.