In some places, such as in the Netherlands, they are enforcing the partial burka ban in public places. Trying to find a balance between people’s freedom to wear the clothes they want and the importance of mutual and recognizable communication. The ban only applies in specific situations where it is essential for people to be seen or for security reasons. The bill does not have any religious background. The European community is very divided in this issue, from banning it, or not to other countries such as Spain who is indecisive; nevertheless, it needs to be considered that the percentage of Muslim women and those who were the burqas or niqab depends from country to country. Germany and the UK are examples of Union States, which refuse to envisage a total ban on the full veil. Although they use different approaches these countries share the same idea with regard to the exercise of religion, which excludes in principle any intervention on the part of the public powers. However, this does not prevent the temporary ban of this dress on grounds of public order. These documents do not dismiss the possibility for a local ban on the veil and requesting women to remove it in certain situations. In the case of France, the bill had religious motivations, …show more content…
Isn’t the entire point of feminism that women have the freedom to make their own decisions? This can be critiqued from feminist base. If it is already unclear which rights are to be protected by the restrictive measure in question, it is all the more difficult to argue that the rights protected outweigh the rights infringed. This is especially true as the Government have not explained or given any examples of how the impact on others of this particular attire differs from other accepted practices of concealing the face, such as excessive hairstyles or the wearing of dark glasses or