rated members prohibit veils for safety reasons an act has entered into force on Belgium forbid women to wear the full Islamic veil in public.The country is the second nation in the European Union after France to enforce the ban. Offenders face a fine of 137.5 euros (￡ 121; $197) and up to seven days in jail.
Two women who wear full veils launched an immediate challenge Court, saying that the law is discriminatory.
France, home of the largest Muslim population in Europe, applies a ban in April.
Belgium law prohibits any clothing that hides the identity of the carrier in places such as parks and street.
It was passed almost unanimously by the lower House of Parliament in April 2010.
Members of Parliament voted with only two abstentions to make legislation for security reasons, to allow the police to identify people.
Other members said that complete such as the burqa or the niqab face veils are a symbol of the oppression of women.
Very few Muslim women are really full veils in France and BelgiumBut critics of the Bill say that it could end the exclusion of women, who wear full veil trapped in their homes leaving to.
And they say that the measures are over - according to estimates only few dozen women use this type of veil in Belgium, a Muslim from around half a million population.
"We believe the law an intrusion disproportionate in fundamental rights such as freedom of religion and expression," Agnes Wouters, the lawyer representing the two women, defying the ban, said the newspaper La Libre.
She has taken his case to the Constitutional Court of Belgium, where she requested a suspension of the Act, the AFP news agency reported.
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