(NL Times) There seems to be some confusion around exactly what the so-called burka ban, implemented in the Netherlands on August 1st, entails. The municipality of Nijmegen had to apologize to a niqab-wearing woman on Sunday, after she was stopped at the door of the Leemkuil playground in the city when she and her family wanted to visit, De Gelderlander reports.
The playground is managed by the municipality of Nijmegen. The municipality immediately consulted with the police, and concluded that the ban does not apply to a playground. “We immediately apologized to the woman for this annoying misunderstanding and she was admitted with a free ticket,” a municipal spokesperson said to the newspaper.
