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As their neighbours in France edged closer to a ban on burkas, German politicians on Thursday debated whether such a measure was necessary in their own country.
After a French parliamentary commission ruled this week that the enveloping garment worn by some Islamic women is unacceptable and recommended a ban in schools and public offices, former Social Democratic parliamentarian, Turkish-German Lale Akgün made as case for a similar ban in Germany.
"The burka is a full-body prison that deeply threatens human rights,"she told daily Frankfurter Rundschau. "It would be an important signal for Germany to ban the burka."