Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published March 20, 2012.
The Dutch parliament is getting ready to vote on a new bill that would outlaw the Muslim burqa. Although there are at most only a few hundred women in the country who wear the face covering, the proposed legislation has been hotly debated, with opponents saying it goes against the country’s centuries-long history of tolerance. FSRN’s Hermione Gee reports from Amsterdam.
