Poirot would be proud

The Belgians are going to lead the way (not something you hear everyday) by making a law to ban the Burka. Rather than taking on the Muslim community directly they are banning any clothing that prevents identification.

Brilliant move. The first nation to ban gloves.

What?

Yep, fingerprints are used as a means of identifying people (police use it regularly I hear). So no gloves as they cover us and prevent identification.

But that's ridiculous I hear you say! They would not ban gloves because if you needed to identify someone you just ask them to remove their gloves.

Bing!

So why, when you want to identify a lady in a Burka (as you do) can you not just ask for it to be removed. There are very few times when you would doubt the identity of the lady under the Burka (by this I mean that there are few times when you would need formal identification of the type that has to go beyond trusting the said lady not just to declare her identity).