Mary had a little lamb.....whose feets were white as snow...And everywhere that Mary went ....the lamb was sure to go.....lolYes this is the nursery rhyme that automatically comes to my mind when some of these Banana republics acts to impose upon themselves whatever good or bad their former colonial rulers do in their own country....France voted for the ban some days ago...and now syria partially bans the veil...lets see who stands up next...... 
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria has banned the face-covering Islamic veil from the country’s universities to prevent what it sees as a threat to its secular identity, as similar moves in Europe spark cries of discrimination against Muslims.
The Education Ministry issued the ban Sunday, according to a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly.
The ban, which affects public and private universities, is only against the niqab — a full Islamic veil that reveals only a woman’s eyes — not headscarves, which are far more commonly worn by Syrian women.
The billowing black robe known as a niqab is not widespread in Syria, although it has become more common recently — a move that has not gone unnoticed in a country governed by a secular, authoritarian regime.
“We have given directives to all universities to ban niqab-wearing women from registering,” the government official told The Associated Press on Monday.
The niqab “contradicts university ethics,” he added, saying the government was seeking to protect its secular identity.
He also confirmed that hundreds of primary school teachers who were wearing the niqab at government-run schools were transferred last month to administrative jobs.
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