Lower house OK's Belgium burqa ban
BRUSSELS, Belgium
But the bill faces a sudden hurdle in the Belgian senate,
putting quick passage in doubt.
Christian Democrats and Liberals in the Senate on Thursday
questioned the phrasing of the law, which says no one can appear in
public "with the face fully or partly covered."
Last week, Premier Yves Leterme's government of Christian
Democrats, Liberals and Socialists Belgium fell over an issue
unrelated to the burqa. Belgians face early elections, and that may
delay passage of the burqa ban by months.
