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Netherlands: Dual nationality and burqa bans are still on the cards, says minister Via DutchNews : It is up to MPs to decide whether to drop the proposed bans on dual nationality and the burqa, not the cabinet, home affairs minister Liesbeth Spies told parliament on Tuesday evening. Spies said two weeks ago in an interview with the Volkskrant that as far as she is concerned, both pieces of legislation can be dropped. ( source )

France: Veil ban 'increased hostility towards Muslim women' Via Asian Image : New research shows that that there is a link between the banning of the veil in France and increased levels of hostility towards veiled Muslim women. The Research from the Department of Criminology at the University of Leicester suggests that the veil ban stigmatises veiled Muslim women as �criminals� and fosters Muslim �otherness�. Even if not explicitly inciting hate-motivated violence, the law in its application contributes to a climate of intolerance of Islam in the West.   ( source )

Netherlands: Dutch to ditch burqa ban Via RNW : Interior Minister Liesbeth Spies says the burqa ban she helped prepare can be scrapped along with a proposed ban on holding dual citizenship. Now that the cabinet�s fallen, she "wouldn�t shed a tear" if parliament were to scrap the controversial Freedom Party-sponsored bill. "Now that the cabinet�s fallen, there�s no longer any payoff," she told national daily de Volkskrant on Wednesday. ( source )