At its annual summer retreat, the Danish Conservative People's Party adopted a new policy platform on immigration and integration. Its general tone was to tighten up Denmark's already very strict immigration rules, but policy suggestions to speed up integration of minorities were also made.
Yet, what hit the headlines on the morning of Monday, August 17, was the proposal to ban the wearing of burqa in public. This seems to have caught all politicians by surprise, even some of those in the Conservative party itself. [Islam Online] Read more
