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| General election 2017: UKIP manifesto to pledge a burka ban | General election 2017: UKIP manifesto to pledge a burka ban |
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| UKIP is to include a ban on the full veils worn by some Muslim women as part of its general election manifesto, its leader Paul Nuttall has said. | |
| Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show Mr Nuttall said wearing a burka or niqab in public was a barrier to integration and a security risk. | Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show Mr Nuttall said wearing a burka or niqab in public was a barrier to integration and a security risk. |
| Muslim women who defied the ban would face a fine, he suggested. | Muslim women who defied the ban would face a fine, he suggested. |
| UKIP's "integration agenda", to be launched on Monday, will also propose outlawing sharia law. | UKIP's "integration agenda", to be launched on Monday, will also propose outlawing sharia law. |
| 'EU-wide ban' | |
| Mr Nuttall told the programme: "We have a heightened security risk at the moment and for CCTV to be effective you need to see people's faces. | Mr Nuttall told the programme: "We have a heightened security risk at the moment and for CCTV to be effective you need to see people's faces. |
| "Secondly, there's the issue of integration. I don't believe you can integrate fully and enjoy the fruits of British society if you can't see people's faces. | |
| "I can't walk into a bank with a balaclava on or a crash helmet, if I can't do it and other people can't do it, I don't see why there are special interests for certain people." | |
| He said that being "hidden behind the veil" contributed to 58% of Muslim women being economically inactive. | He said that being "hidden behind the veil" contributed to 58% of Muslim women being economically inactive. |
| Guide to Muslim headscarves | Guide to Muslim headscarves |
| Mr Nuttall said: "We'll come in line with other European countries such as Belgium, Bulgaria - there's a ban for example in the city of Barcelona, some places in Italy and, indeed, Angela Merkel is talking about this in Germany at the moment. | Mr Nuttall said: "We'll come in line with other European countries such as Belgium, Bulgaria - there's a ban for example in the city of Barcelona, some places in Italy and, indeed, Angela Merkel is talking about this in Germany at the moment. |
| "Manfred Weber, who's the leader of the biggest group in the European Parliament, is now talking about an EU-wide ban. We can either be on the curve on this or behind the curve." | "Manfred Weber, who's the leader of the biggest group in the European Parliament, is now talking about an EU-wide ban. We can either be on the curve on this or behind the curve." |
| Mr Nuttall also told the programme that he wanted to prevent sharia law becoming "a parallel legal system in this country". | |
| "It cannot be right that we have court or councils in this country where the word of a woman is only worth half that of a man. That has no place in a liberal, democratic, functioning Western democracy," he said. | |
| But he said that Beth Din, Jewish rabbinical courts, would not be affected, because they had been established for centuries and the Orthodox Jewish population was falling. | |
| 'Good Brexiteers' | |
| The UKIP leader suggested that the party would not stand against MPs in marginal seats who supported Brexit, if local parties agreed. | |
| He cited the example of David Nuttall, Conservative MP for Bury North, who is defending a majority of 400. | |
| "What I don't want to see is good Brexiteers - not fly-by-nights, but people who have campaigned for years for Brexit - I don't want them to lose their seats and for a Remainer to take their place," he said. | |
| Mr Nuttall refused to confirm his plans to stand as candidate in the June 8 election. "I will make a decision in the coming week about where to stand, obviously I'll be having conversations with local branches," he said. "Nothing is decided." | |
| In February, he failed to win in Stoke-on-Trent Central, after Labour held the seat. | |
| The party's manifesto is also expected to suggest that anyone with evidence of female genital mutilation taking place will be bound by law to inform police. | The party's manifesto is also expected to suggest that anyone with evidence of female genital mutilation taking place will be bound by law to inform police. |
| And it will also call for postal voting to be largely abolished, because of concerns over electoral fraud. | And it will also call for postal voting to be largely abolished, because of concerns over electoral fraud. |
| The former UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, proposed a burka ban in 2010. | The former UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, proposed a burka ban in 2010. |
| But the party later dropped the policy, and it did not appear in its 2015 manifesto. | But the party later dropped the policy, and it did not appear in its 2015 manifesto. |
| Full-face veils are already banned in public in some European countries, including France. | Full-face veils are already banned in public in some European countries, including France. |
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