£430 fine for using burka

  

  For the first time in Italy a woman was fined for wearing a burka that happened just few days after Belgian Parliament voted unanimously to prohibit women from wearing burka in public places.

      
          Amel Marmouri, 26, was fined for wearing a burka and was given a penalty of £430 (500 Euros).  The incident happened in a post office in the northern city of Novara, Italy, when police officers spotted Amel Marmouri. Under Italian anti-terrorist laws,  it is illegal to be seen in a public place with your face covered. According to a police officer, Amel was fined because she was inside the post office at the time, which is a public building. However, Muslim groups in Italy today insisted that Italian laws must be respected.

     

   Reference: dailymail