ANGELA MERKEL CALLS FOR BURKA BAN
German chancellor jumping on anti-Islamic bandwagon before election?
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Angela Merkel has called for a burka ban after saying the ‘full veil is not appropriate’ in Germany, it has emerged.In an astonishing U-turn, the German chancellor told her conservative CDU party conference that wearing the burka should be outlawed ‘wherever that is legally possible’.It comes after the 62-year-old stressed her determination to ensure there is no repeat of last year’s huge migrant influx as she seeks a fourth term as chancellor.Merkel said she would back a nationwide ban just months after revealing that she believed the burka was a barrier to Muslim women becoming integrated into German society.