Woman fined $156 for wearing face veil in Denmark
- By Agencies -
- Aug 05, 2018
HELSINKI: A 28-year-old woman wearing a face veil has become the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new law banning such garments in public places.
Danish news agency Ritzau reported that police were called to a shopping centre in Horsholm, a city of some 46,000 inhabitants close to Copenhagen, on Friday to confront a woman wearing a niqab garment covering her face.
The woman was slapped with a fine of 1,000 Danish kroner ($156) and requested to either remove the veil or leave the premises. She opted to leave.
Since August 1, the country’s much-debated “Burqa Ban” has prohibited full-body burqas, as well the niqab Muslim dress which only shows the eyes. Both are rare in Denmark. Other European countries have similar bans.