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Italy Bans Face Veils in Schools and Caps Non-Italian Speaking Pupils

The government approved a decree banning full-face veils and limiting non-Italian speaking students to 30% of each classroom starting next year.

5 publishers · 5 articles · first seen 25 Sept 2026 · updated 43d ago

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0%50%100%4%23 Sept, 04:05 UTCnowABC News: Italy decrees limits on non-Italian speakers and veils in school classrooms · 25 Sept, 03:41 UTCAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera: Meloni government bans burqas, caps foreign students in Italian schools · 25 Sept, 02:07 UTCSouth China Morning Post: Italy to ban burkas in schools, with 30% cap on pupils with poor Italian · 25 Sept, 11:20 UTCDeutsche Welle: Italy to ban burqa in schools, limit foreign pupils · 25 Sept, 08:10 UTCLatest articles: Meloni’s government plans to ban face veils in Italy’s schools · 25 Sept, 01:39 UTC

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5 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 25 Sept 2026. Latest articles published first, on 25 September at 01:39 UTC; Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera followed 28 min later. The most recent article, from South China Morning Post, appeared on 25 September at 11:20 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera (major outlet), ABC News (major outlet), Latest articles, Deutsche Welle, South China Morning Post.

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  1. Italy decrees limits on non-Italian speakers and veils in school classrooms ABC News ·
  2. Meloni government bans burqas, caps foreign students in Italian schools Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera ·
  3. Italy to ban burkas in schools, with 30% cap on pupils with poor Italian South China Morning Post
  4. Italy to ban burqa in schools, limit foreign pupils Deutsche Welle
  5. Meloni’s government plans to ban face veils in Italy’s schools Latest articles

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