Burqa ban unlikely in Bosnia
Bosnia-Herzegovina's Parliamentary Human Rights Committee has rejected a law banning persons from wearing clothes that prevent their identification.
Tuesday, 27.07.2010.
15:23
Bosnia-Herzegovina's Parliamentary Human Rights Committee has rejected a law banning persons from wearing clothes that prevent their identification. However, the proposal submitted by the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNDS) will be on the assembly agenda on Wednesday, to honor the rules of procedure. Burqa ban unlikely in Bosnia Debates over niqab, veil and burqa, worn by Muslim women to cover their bodies and faces, have been in the Bosnian media lately. A protest against introducing a ban on burqas held this week in Sarajevo. A stormy debate at the Human Rights Committee’s meeting ended on Monday with the rejection of the draft law, submitted by the Republic of Srpska (RS) ruling party. Members of the assembly that come from Banja Luka considered this an important security issue, and are now saying that the rejection of the law represents a blow to the security system. “The inability to identify a person in the street or a public place can jeopardize the safety of other citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina. After the terrorist incidents which happened, there are all the more reasons to support the initiative,” MP Lazar Prodanovic said. The Sarajevo-based parties, however, think that passing of such law would be a violation of human rights of those who wear these clothes. Member of the Human Rights Committee Azra Alajbegovic claims that the "real motive" behind the draft law had nothing to do with security. “If we looked at this in terms of security, we would probably make a different decision. I thought that this law was violating human rights,” she stressed. Meanwhile, Muslim women who wear the traditional garb covering their bodies and faces, protested against the draft, and reportedly said that they wore the niqabs and veils "lovingly", identifying the practice as their religious right and conviction. They also claim to have never prevented authorities from identifying them. Other than causing what appears to be a debate based on ethnic rifts, Bosnia's Muslims, or Bosniaks, have also taken different stances on this issue within their community, with some noting that the wearing of traditional Muslim clothes has "never been present in Bosnia". Strong criticism, and even invective, could be heard from those opposing the practice, along with accusations that it was introduced inBosnia by "foreign mercenaries". (Beta)
Burqa ban unlikely in Bosnia
Debates over niqab, veil and burqa, worn by Muslim women to cover their bodies and faces, have been in the Bosnian media lately. A protest against introducing a ban on burqas held this week in Sarajevo.A stormy debate at the Human Rights Committee’s meeting ended on Monday with the rejection of the draft law, submitted by the Republic of Srpska (RS) ruling party.
Members of the assembly that come from Banja Luka considered this an important security issue, and are now saying that the rejection of the law represents a blow to the security system.
“The inability to identify a person in the street or a public place can jeopardize the safety of other citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina. After the terrorist incidents which happened, there are all the more reasons to support the initiative,” MP Lazar Prodanović said.
The Sarajevo-based parties, however, think that passing of such law would be a violation of human rights of those who wear these clothes.
Member of the Human Rights Committee Azra Alajbegović claims that the "real motive" behind the draft law had nothing to do with security.
“If we looked at this in terms of security, we would probably make a different decision. I thought that this law was violating human rights,” she stressed.
Meanwhile, Muslim women who wear the traditional garb covering their bodies and faces, protested against the draft, and reportedly said that they wore the niqabs and veils "lovingly", identifying the practice as their religious right and conviction.
They also claim to have never prevented authorities from identifying them.
Other than causing what appears to be a debate based on ethnic rifts, Bosnia's Muslims, or Bosniaks, have also taken different stances on this issue within their community, with some noting that the wearing of traditional Muslim clothes has "never been present in Bosnia".
Strong criticism, and even invective, could be heard from those opposing the practice, along with accusations that it was introduced inBosnia by "foreign mercenaries".
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