A conservative German state governor is considering a ban on students wearing the all-encompassing Muslim burqa in schools, according to an interview published Sunday ahead of regional elections next month.
The state of Hesse _ which includes Germany's financial center, Frankfurt _ already has the country's widest-reaching legislation preventing public school teachers and civil servants from wearing head scarves at work.
Governor Roland Koch, a prominent member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, was quoted as telling the weekly Focus that his government "specifically encourages the integration of the Muslim population in our …
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