Denmark plans to enact a law banning the wearing of the hijab in educational institutions

The Danish government has proposed expanding the ban on the wearing of religious clothing that covers the face in the country’s educational institutions. The new restrictive measures are aimed at combating “parallel societies” and strengthening the integration of migrants into Danish sociocultural life, according to GB News.

According to a bill presented by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s administration, restrictions on the wearing of hijabs and burqas—which have been in effect in public places since 2018—are now planned to be extended to all schools and universities in Denmark. The official position of the authorities is that these measures are necessary to counter negative social control and curb processes that officials characterize as “creeping Islamization.”

The Danish Ministry of Immigration emphasized that special attention will be paid to regions where the proportion of people from non-Western countries exceeds 50%. If the law is passed, violators will face administrative penalties, and repeat violations of the established rules will be punishable by a fine of up to 10,000 Danish kroner (about $1,530).