This summer Italy’s Parliament will debate proposed legislation that would ban the wearing of burkhas in public; the proposed law would also ban the niqab, which covers the bottom part of the face, as well as other head-covering garments “of ethnic origin”; under the law, people wearing the traditional garments would be fined between 150 to 300 euros; Italy is home to over one million Muslims; the law was introduced by the anti-immigration Northern League; if the law passes Italy will join Belgium and France who also have similar bans in place