Rome (AFP) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet adopted a decree law Thursday banning burqas and niqabs in schools and capping the number of students with a poor command of Italian per class.
It introduces “A 30 percent cap on the number of students in a class who do not have an adequate command of Italian, more tools for learning our language, and a ban on the burqa and niqab in schools,” Meloni wrote on social media.
If a child seriously struggles to integrate at school, social services will be called and the parents will be obliged to attend free Italian lessons.
Failure to comply will be punished with a fine of up to 1,000 euros ($1,140).
Italy is a frontline country for migration and integration is a hot campaign issue ahead of next year’s general election.
Save the Children warned forcing children to change schools or enrol in a different institution from their peers simply because of their nationality or limited proficiency in Italian would “create ‘first-class’ and ‘second-class’ students”.
But Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara said “inadequate language proficiency… hinders educational progress”.
“Parental participation in their child’s educational path is fundamental for academic success”, he told journalists.
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This is so incredibly racist
Religion is not a race. Islam hates women.
Seen the life of a Catholic nun?
Most religions hate/discriminate against women, not sure what your point is with this though as it doesn’t negate what they said at all.
My point is Mussolina did not ban crucifixes.
They should have imo, religious shit does not belong in publicly funded schools in secular nations.
That’s their own choice. Do you know what women go through in Afganishtan? Syria? Iran?
Nuns get sent to convents, historically not by choice.
It’s just two sides of the same coin.
Still?
Hijab is also a personal choice
Not when you get murdered in your home country if you don’t wear it.
Yes, but not in Italy
Not in Italy yet
Yes even in Italy already
As if there aren’t Muslim men/women who would shun/harm another Muslim for not following the rules they prefer.
Literally think one step further guy, it’s a similar idea as to why power dynamics are an issue when it comes to dating subordinates. It’s not as simple as “person decides they want this” its a whole host of environmental and societal factors at play that influence that decision making.
Edit: If you don’t believe me, here you go https://www.ansa.it/english/newswire/english_service/2026/07/15/murder-convictions-become-definitive-for-family-of-honour-killing-victim-saman_fe98e044-c454-4f14-ad67-ba8a5474d162.html
Literally any choice a person makes is influenced by a whole host of environmental and societal factors, so okay and? Most people would shun other people for routinely going out naked and I don’t see you advocating for banning clothing.
The truth hurts and people will downvote.
You are right, Religion is in fact not a race. However, it is strongly associated with race especially when it comes to fear of outsiders. After 9/11 white muslim men had no issues when going though airports. However, if you happened to look Arab you likely where harassed by airport security.
As for Islam, beliefs vary wildly and include people from many different backgrounds. I don’t think anyone should be forced into a religion but people should be allowed to practice their faith.
Yes, they can practice their faith, just not in public or in schools. For that matter, no one in a position of power should represent a religion either. I agree with Quebec. That goes for islam and christianity. Most importantly, no religious symbols in government. EVER! keep it out of politics.
“Command of Italian” is more closely associated with race than religion.
Do you even know what a burka is? Also the “foreign student” ban is based on language competency, which does make sense I guess.
Do you know what a Burka is? Discriminating like this is a form of nationalism that has a very dark history
Yes it’s something that covers your entire head and face, only leaving a small slit for your eyes to barely see through it. Do you REALLY support that!? Would you like to be taught by someone, or teach someone, when you can’t even see their face?
(Maybe you are confusing it with a Hijab?)
If it is voluntary and for religious reasons I think it is perfectly valid
I don’t know what the situation is specifically in Italy… but at least in my Western industrialized nation, students generally have very poor reading and language comprehension skills—in addition to a short attention span—thanks to TikTok and similar platforms. I just can’t imagine that things are any different in Italy right now.
Accordingly, all students would have limited language skills, whether they come from immigrant backgrounds or not.
Funny thing is, the recent PISA tests showed an overall cognitive decrease, but it was markedly more severe for children with no immigrant background.
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My guess = parents were poor which gives poorer test results = generational increase gets bigger relative to natives = cognitive decline due to whatever seems to effect them less.
You can’t fall if you are already at the bottom…
what? its many things but it’s not targeting brown people.
racist seems to be like woke or commie, pretty much useless these days.