PoliticsItaly ministers agree to ban burqa and niqab in schools and cap pupils with limited Italian

Italy’s government has approved a school ban on the burqa and niqab and a 30% ceiling for pupils with limited Italian in each class. Giorgia Meloni called the measures common-sense integration tools, while opposition parties accused her government of pandering to the hard right. The ban excludes the face-revealing hijab.

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