Issues of Muslim dress continue to raise controversy in Europe. Muslim Weekly (Oct. 5) reported that Italy's Interior Minister Giuliano Amato recently rejected calls to ban the Muslim veil in public places. He says, that if a nun can wear her habit, a Muslim woman should have similar rights. However Amato is opposed to wearing of the burka.
Meanwhile, according to AFP yesterday, in Spain the temporary expulsion from school of a 9-year old Moroccan girl who insists on wearing a hijab (headscarf) to class has touched off a national debate on whether Muslim headscarves should be banned in public schools.
