Italian Police Fine Muslim Woman $650 For Wearing Full Burqa

Countdown to full fatwa on the entire country of Italy....3...2...1.... LOL! It wasn't too long ago, perhaps a year ago, when the Italian people voted to halt the building of any new mosques in their country and it appears that smaller jurisdictions are now following through on tougher scrutiny on those muslims who just don't seem to understand that rules are rules and if you want to live in a new country, YOU conform to that society...the society doesn't submit to YOU.

Moral of the story (from Times of India): when the police tell you to do something, you do it. Capice?

Now, Italy slaps fine over burqa


ROME: Italian police fined a woman $650 for wearing a full Islamic veil — the first punishment of its kind in Italy but the latest in a wave of sanctions against the burqa in Europe.

The Tunisian woman was walking in a street in Novara on Monday when she was stopped by a patrol, local police said. "City police ticketed her last night and she will have to pay a $650 fine," Novara municipal police official Mauro Franzinelli said. "As far as I know this is a first in Italy."

The woman was stopped by police outside a post office as she was walking with her husband. The husband produced identity documents for the couple but refused demands by the male officers for the woman to lift her veil so she could be identified. Police then called in another patrol which included a woman officer to carry out the face check.

Franzinelli, who is also a local official for the anti-immigration Northern League, said the city had adopted a decree in January banning the burqa in public. He said the interior ministry was aware of the ban and its comments had been taken into account.

"It's a security problem. In a civilised community, people cannot walk around completely covered," Novara's mayor, Massimo Giordano said. While there is no specific legislation on the burqa, covering the face in public — even with a helmet — has been banned in Italy since 1975.