European Muslims dont resist nigab ban in Belgium

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What do you think? I think that people should be allowed to preserve their culture but not to the point of hazard on the road:

French police fine Muslim driver for wearing veil

A French Muslim woman has been fined for wearing a full-face veil while driving a car.

Police in the western city of Nantes said the veil - which showed only her eyes - restricted her vision and could have caused an accident.

The woman's lawyer says they will appeal against the decision, which he described as a breach of human rights.

The incident follows months of intense debate in France about whether the veils should be banned.

Earlier this week, President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered parliament to debate a law banning women from wearing full-face Islamic veils in public.

'Safety risk'

After stopping the 31-year-old woman - who has not been named - police asked her to raise her veil to confirm her identity, which she did.

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Experts: European Muslims do not resist nigab ban in Belgium

Experts believe the ban on burqas and nigabs in Belgium is likely to be approved by parliament and enter into force as law. However, European Muslims are not expected to resist the initiative.

"I do not see any massive opposition to this idea not even among Belgian Muslims. European Muslims think of this issue as at unfortunate distraction and for them it is not something to fight for," European Policy Center in Brussels expert Shada Islam told Trend.

The bill to ban female Muslim clothing completely covering the face will be discussed in the Belgium parliament today. Two weeks earlier, the Belgian Parliamentary Domestic Policy Committee held an anonymous vote on the issue that has received full approval.

A draft law provides a fine of 15-20 euro ($20-$34) for wearing a burqa or a nigab in public places and streets. Violators may also be arrested for seven days

Neither the nigab nor the burqa are Muslim values, Islam said. The majority of Muslims do not consider this as something that is essential for Islam.

The burqa (or paranja), worn mainly in Persian Gulf countries, Afghanistan and in some Pakistani regions, is a veil with a hair mesh for the eyes that completely covers a woman's face. The niqab is a Muslim woman's headdress covering the face, but leaving a slit for the eyes.

About 500,000 Muslims live in Belgium. The Belgiun Muslim Council assesses the number of women who wear clothing that fully hides the face as a couple dozen people, the BBC reported.

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