(法新社)2010年5月1日 星期六 03:50
（法新社布魯塞爾30日電） 比利時 已成為就回教全罩式面紗穿戴禁令進行表決的第一個歐洲國家，今天引起了回教徒沮喪，也招致外界有關設下危險先例的警告，如今法國 很可能會跟進。
這項法案也遭到人權團體「國際特赦」抨擊，不過未來數週還不會生效，同時若是比利時為對抗政治危機而提前選舉，這項法案可能必須重新檢討。
自由派國會議員杜卡米（Denis Ducarme）說：「我們是第一個為許多女性打開枷鎖的國家，我們希望法國、瑞士 、義大利 與荷蘭 等懂得思考的國家能跟進。」
比利時國會下院昨晚有136名議員表決支持全國性禁令，禁止穿戴令他人無法充份辨識面貌的衣服或面紗，包括全罩式面紗（niqab和burqa）在內。
表決中有兩名議員棄權，無人反對。（譯者：中央社張佑之）
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100430/8/hrsq.html
比利時禁止布爾卡：婦女拒絕展示面孔會被監禁一個星期 在法律草案下
Belgium bans burkas: Women who refuse to show faces to be jailed for a week under draft law
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 8:21 AM on 30th April 2010
Banned: A woman wears a burka in Brussels, but she could be jailed if a new law is brought in later this year
被禁止：一個女人在布魯塞爾穿著布爾卡，但她可能被判坐監如果一條新法律在今年晚些引入
Belgium became the first European country to impose a full ban on wearing a burka last night.
Its parliament approved a draft law which states women can be jailed for hiding their faces in public.
The bill - which must be rubber-stamped by the Belgian senate - is set to become law by July.
Centre-Right MP Daniel Bacquelaine said last night: 'The notion of recognising people in the street is essential to maintain public order.
'It's also a question of human dignity. The full face veil turns a woman into a walking prison.'
The ground-breaking legislation comes just ten days after an earlier vote on banning the burka was scuppered by the collapse of the country's parliament and resignation of its prime minister, Yves Leterme.
Despite the political turmoil, MPs in the fragile five-party coalition managed to push through the controversial law yesterday evening.
It means anyone will be banned from covering their face in a public place, including the street, shops, offices, schools and hospitals.
Women will be fined £110 for the first offence.
If they refuse to pay or are caught a second time, they can be jailed for a week. It is estimated up to 400 of the country's 280,000 Muslims wear the burka in public.
The move comes as other countries consider bringing in similar legislation. There is widespread support for a ban on burkas, or full face veils, and niqabs, which cover the head and face but leave the eyes visible, in the Netherlands.
In Switzerland, voters recently supported a ban on the construction of new minarets, while France is preparing to vote in July on its own law banning Islamic headwear.
Under French proposals, women would be fined up to £600 for hiding their faces, and be 'unveiled' at a police station so they could be identified.
Husband who forced their wives to wear burkas would be sent to prison.
Jean-Francois Cope, president of France's ruling UMP party, said this week: 'The prime minister has told us the new law on wearing burkas would be adopted by mid-September.
'A recent survey found 70 per cent of French people are opposed to the wearing of full face veils in public.'
Despite widespread support for a ban, France's highest legal body, the Council of State, has warned any law could be overturned by EU human rights laws.
Belgium's law could also be challenged by the same legislation.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1269909/Belgium-bans-burkas-Women-jailed-hiding-faces-draft-law.html
比利時行將成為第一個歐洲國家禁止布爾卡
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