بلجيكا: رجل أعمال فرنسي يسدد غرامة ارتداء النقاب عن منتقبتين

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

قام رجل الأعمال الفرنسي "رشيد نيكاز" - مرشح الرئاسة للفترة الانتخابية المقبلة - بالسفر إلى "بلجيكا" لدفع غرامة مخالفة قانون حظر ارتداء النقاب عن فتاتين تبلغان من العمر 16 و17 عامًا.

وقد أعرب "نيكاز" - الذي اعترف أنه ضد النقاب ويتبنى الفكر العلماني الجمهوري - أنه لا ينبغي لبلد مثل "بلجيكا" أن تسن قوانين غير ليبرالية، معتبرًا ذلك ميلاً خطيرًا. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Muslim face veil fine in Belgium paid off by French businessman

Two of the first fines imposed on Belgian women for wearing the full Muslim face veil were paid off on Wednesday – by a man who says women should not wear them.

Rachid Nekkaz, a French businessman, travelled to Brussels to settle the 50 euro fines handed out to teenagers aged 16 and 17.

It has been illegal to wear the face veil or 'niqab' in public places in Belgium since July.

Mr Nekkaz, who is standing as an independent in next year's presidential elections in France, is opposed to the niqab but says governments should not intervene to decide who wears what and when.

"I am profoundly laic, profoundly republican and I cannot accept that a great country like Belgium votes for and applies anti-liberal laws," he told local press. "I think this is a very dangerous downhill slope," he said.

"Today we might stop women wearing the niqab but tomorrow who will prevent a parliament from voting for laws that ban miniskirts or that ban tattoos or pierced ears? You never know where this kind of downhill slope will end."

Mr Nekkaz created a million-euro fund called the "Fund for the defence of laicity and liberty" from which he says he will pay all fines imposed on women for wearing the niqab in public. He is also threatening to take both Belgium and France – where a similar law exists – to the European Court of Human Rights.

After Brussels he is scheduled to travel to Roubaix, France, to pay a 75 euro fine.