A woman has become the first person in Denmark to be officially charged with wearing a face veil – or niqab – in public.
According to a local media reports, a 28-year-old woman has been fined after an altercation with another woman who was trying to pull her niqab off at a shopping centre in Horsholm, near Copenhagen.
Police were called, and after reviewing CCTV tapes, told the woman she would be charged if she refused to remove the veil.
Both women were charged with disturbing the peace. One woman has also been charged with violating the full-face veil law. She was given a 1,000 kroner fine (£120) after refusing to remove it on the request of the police.