Hawzah News Agency - The Hungarian village of Asotthalom has made headlines after its council adopted several shocking proposals to ban mosques as well a ban on all face coverings such as the hijab, niqab, and burqa, according to media reports. 

Laszlo Toroczkai, the mayor of southern Hungarian border village Asotthalom, posted on Facebook about the proposals, which were adopted by his council on Wednesday. He added that the laws were required to “defend our societies and traditions” and said that “nothing else needs to be done, but all the other local governments of Hungary should adapt our preventive regulation package, and we have defended our home.” He is from the Jobbik party, which claims to protect “Hungarian values and interests,” but which has in the past been accused of racism, and anti-Semitism.  

Toroczkai’s measures include a ban on the construction of mosques and any other place of worship that “undermines” the Catholic Church as well as a ban on all face coverings such as the hijab, niqab, and burqa.  

The law also prohibits any “public propaganda” which features performances, demonstrations, leaflets and general activity.