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Wednesday 23 Dec 2015 - 12:59 Makkah mean time-12-3-1437
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Brussels, (IINA) - A 27-year-old Muslim woman has been sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months in prison in Belgium following an incident in a police station after her arrest during which she assaulted a police officer and refused to take off her niqab, Breitbart online news reported.
Stephanie Djato was arrested on 31 May 2012 at a bus stop in the Brussels borough of Jette. She had been asked to remove her niqab (Islamic dress covering face) in accordance with Belgian law, but refused.
Djato resisted arrest but was eventually taken to a police station. On the way there, she continued to put up resistance, and head-butted one of the female police officers.
Dutch newspaper, Het Laatste Nieuws, reports the court on Tuesday found Djato solely responsible for the fracas, handing down a prison sentence of 18 months and a 900 euros fine. She was also ordered to pay compensation to the police officers she attacked, with most going to the one who sustained the head-butt.
The Belgian law that effectively bans the niqab was passed by Parliament in late April 2010. In fact, it bans “attire and clothing masking the face in such a way that it impairs them to be recognizable”. The penalty for breaching the law is rather less serious than the sentence handed out to Djato for her reaction.
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