Germany, August 26 — In a recently conducted poll in Germany more than three quarters of Germans do not want to see burqas in public, reports DW. Burqas are a full face, full head-to-toe covering in which not even eyes can be seen.
The poll was conducted by Infratest dimap polling institute and surveyed 1008 adult Germans. Results showed that 81 percent of respondents favored ban of burqas in public areas. Some 51 percent favored entire ban on burqas in Germany.
This has been an extremely heated issue of recent where a Palestinian intern was fired for not removing her head cover (not a burqa) and France was considering a ban on Islamic swimsuits.
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