Dutch MP Geert Wilders is the man who first suggested the idea of a ban - BBC News

The Dutch government will announce over the next few weeks whether it will make it a crime to wear traditional Islamic dress which covers the face apart from the eyes. Dutch MP Geert Wilders is the man who first suggested the idea of a ban. "It's a medieval symbol, a symbol against women," he says.

Hier het bericht van de BBC. En hier hetzelfde bericht op Jihadwatch van Robert Spencer.