Only three women in Denmark wear burqa, while between 150 to 200 women use the niqab, a full-length veil that allows an opening for the eyes, according to the survey by the University of Copenhagen, writes Tuesday’s Danish daily Jyllands-Posten.<\/p>\n
Some 60 to 80 of the women who wear the niqab are Danish converts to Islam, according to the survey that was conducted for a special commission looking into the issue.<\/p>\n
This is according to a 69 page report delivered to the Danish government by the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Cross-Cultural and Religious Studies (ToRS) in December. The government is set to discuss the commission’s report today, Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Islam researchers at the University of Copenhagen compiled the report on the requests of the government’s so-called ‘Burqa-commission’.<\/p>\n
The issue now before the government is not an outright burqa ban but whether there should be restrictions in some public circumstances. <\/p>\n
According to Jyllands-Postens a committee of civil servants with the task of discussing the report\u2019s findings will recommend the compilation of a set of guidlines for state institutions about the possibilities of asking women to remove the burqa or niqab in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n
\u00bbIt is not a question of generally banning the burka or the niqab because that’s against the kingdom’s constitution,\u00ab said Naser Khader, a spokesman for the conservatives, to AFP on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u00bbBut there are situations where such a ban might be imposed, for instance, if one is giving testimony in a court or when taking a school exam or driving a bus,\u00ab he said.<\/p>\n
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