https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/italy-set-to-bans-burqas-in-schools-and-cap-foreign-students-and-critics-call-it-a-witch-huntContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/italy-set-to-bans-burqas-in-schools-and-cap-foreign-students-and-critics-call-it-a-witch-hunthttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/italy-set-to-bans-burqas-in-schools-and-cap-foreign-students-and-critics-call-it-a-witch-hunt#u86380Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:50:56 +0000Ministers in Italy have agreed to ban the burqa and niqab in schools alongside placing a cap on foreign students in classrooms. The government decrees targets on non-Italian speakers and veils in educational facilities, drawing sharp pushback from critics. Opponents have accused Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of executing a shameful shift to the right for political gain, labeling the government measures as a witch hunt. The new decrees focus directly on classrooms across the country, prompting intense national debate over integration, religious expression, and minority rights within Italian pub