MERKEL'S U-TURN Angela Merkel calls for Germany BURKA BAN
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The Sun ^
| 12/06/16 | Corey Charlton
ANGELA Merkel today completed an astonishing U-turn as she formally endorsed a full burka ban following a backlash over her open-door migration policies. The
German chancellor made the comments at a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) conference having recently declared she will seek re-election. The German chancellor also said she would avoid a repeat of the huge migrant influx that occurred under her watch last year She told the annual congress that it was legitimate to expect integration from newcomers, underlining her party’s bid to ban the full face veil. “The full veil must be banned wherever it is legally possible,”...
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Merkel calls for BURKA BAN:
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Daily Mail UK ^
| December 6, 2016 | Allan Hall
Angela Merkel calls for a BURKA BAN: German leader says 'the full veil is not appropriate here' in astonishing U-turn German chancellor made the remarks at her conservative CDU party conference She told the audience 'the full veil is not appropriate here and should be banned' The 62-year-old recently announced she is
seeking a fourth term as chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a burka ban after saying the 'full veil is not appropriate' in Germany. In an astonishing U-turn, the German chancellor told her conservative CDU party conference that wearing the burka should be outlawed 'wherever that is legally...
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Angela Merkel calls for burka ban in Germany
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Telegraph ^
| 12/5/2016
Angela Merkel has called for a ban on the burka "wherever possible" in Germany and said there can be no repeat of last year's migrant crisis in a speech launching her bid for another two-year term as Chancellor. "German law takes precedence over sharia," Mrs Merkel said during a speech at her
party's annual two-day congress in the western city of Essen. "The full face veil should be banned, wherever legally possible," she added, to prolonged applause. That is expected to mean a ban on burkas in public life including for civil servants, schools, universities and while driving - described...
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Angela Merkel calls for a BURKA BAN: German leader says 'the full veil is not appropriate here'[tr]
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UK Daily Mail ^
| December 6, 2016 | Allan Hall and Julian Robinson
Angela Merkel has called for a burka ban after saying the 'full veil is not appropriate' in Germany, it has emerged. In
an astonishing U-turn, the German chancellor told her conservative CDU party conference that wearing the burka should be outlawed 'wherever that is legally possible'. It comes after the 62-year-old stressed her determination to ensure there is no repeat of last year's huge migrant influx as she seeks a fourth term as chancellor.
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“Burka-Merkel” on national German TV {station accused of islamophobia}
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Ivarfjeld ^
| 3 October 2015 | Ivarfjeld
An image of Angela Merkel wearing a traditional Iranian Islamic headscarf has caused controversy in Germany. ARD television was inundated with complaints after it broadcast a mocked-up picture of Mrs Merkel wearing the garment, known as a chador, against a backdrop of the Reichstag surrounded by minarets. The
image was shown during a debate on the refugee crisis on Report from Berlin, a Newsnight-style programme, and was intended to be satirical, the broadcaster claimed. ..many viewers complained that the image was similar to posters produced by the anti-Islam and anti-immigrant movement Pegida, or Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of...
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