Ebba Busch Proposes Ban on Burka and Niqab in Public Spaces

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Ebba Busch Proposes Ban on Burka and Niqab in Public Spaces
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The Christian Democrats leader Ebba Busch wants the burka and niqab to be completely banned in public environments, she says to Aftonbladet.

One should be able to meet in reality if one is on the street, if one shops on the square, in the Ica store or takes the children to the health center. Then I do not want to meet anyone who has a sign on their entire face, she says to the magazine.

The ban is to include public places such as streets, squares, shopping centers and healthcare facilities.

According to Busch, the niqab and burka are an expression of a strict interpretation of Islam that is incompatible with Swedish values.

Islam must adapt in Sweden. You can be a proud Swedish Muslim, Christian, Jew, atheist, but it is basic Swedish values that must apply to all of us.

She notes that society can neither control nor should control what people do at home.

But the burka does not belong in Sweden and we should not pave the way for it. We should stop it here.

The proposal is part of a development work that a working group within KD has developed ahead of the party conference later in the fall. It has not been anchored with the other Tidö parties.

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