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The Outside Insider: New Work by Taravat Talepasand

Gabrielle Selz | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Women, Pinocchio, Van Eyke, Men, The Corrupt Minority, Painting, America, Culture, Iran, Steven-Zevitas, Renaissance, Sex, Burka, Art, Gallery, Taravat Talepasand, Self Portrait, Hookah, Iranian American Art, Iranian Women, Iranian Art, Arts News

Image-making is by definition always a process of objectification; Iranian-American artist Taravat Talepasand extends this process by incorporating the use of self-portraiture into her work.

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Syria's Military Shows No Signs Of Sympathy With Protesters

AP | By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Islam, Middle East Protests, Muslims, Bashar Assad, Syria Burka Ban, Burka, Syria Closes Casino, Islamic Veils, Syria, Niqab@Y:World, World News

CAIRO -- Unlike the armies of Tunisia and Egypt, Syria's military will almost certainly stand by the country's leader as President Bashar Assad faces ...

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WATCH: Powerful Afghan Show Lets Muslim Women Speak Against Abuse

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim Women, Sexual Abuse, Niqab, Abuse, Afghan Women's Rights, The Mask, Muslim Veil, Rape, Muslims, Burka, Physical Assault, Incest, Afghanistan, Sexual Assault, Islamic Veil, Afghan Women, Muslim Women's Rights, Video, World News

A new Afghan television program is hoping to provide a forum for local women to speak out against widespread abuse, rape and other issues, CNN is repo...

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'Burka Woman' Satire Video Sparks Outrage

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burqa, Muslims, Burka, Islamic Veils, Comedy, Burka Woman, Pretty Woman, Pakistan Comedian, Stand-Up Comedian, Saad Haroon, Comedian, Video, World News

A Pakistani comedian's music video send-up of the pop classic "Oh, Pretty Woman" is being slammed in the blogosphere as a mockery of Muslim values. ...

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Carnita Williams, Australian Muslim Woman, Pleads Not Guilty In 'Racist' Burka Case

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, Islam, Muslim, Burka, Muslim Australia, Arrest, Carnita Williams, False Complaint, Burqa, Muslim Veils, World News

A Muslim woman facing criminal charges in Australia now alleges she is a victim of mistaken identity, given that she was wearing a burka when nabbed b...

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Islamic Garb in America : Fear and Joy for You, and Juan Williams Too

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim Immigrants, Fear, Morocco, Hijab, Juan Williams, Immigration, Burka, Culture, Friendship, Patriotism, Islamic Extremism, Courage, Marrakech, Ethnic Groups in America, Middle East, Islamic Dress, Islamic Radicalism, American Muslims, Volunteer, Campus Muslims, Muslims, Juan Williams Fired, Assimilation, Muslim, Multiculturalism, Islamic Garb, Iraqi Immigrants, Dress, Religion News

Has anyone ever said to a Muslim, "Welcome to America ?" Try replacing fear with friendship. Ask questions and show true respect. Then you can explain American values, how we got them, and why we want to keep America free.

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WATCH: RELIGIOUS ART: In Gods We Trust. Nick Walker's Iconic, Controversial Art

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Art, Stars and Stripes, Jesus, crane.tv, Street Art, Nick Walker, Art Sensus, Burka, In God We Trust, Arts News

Amongst a life-size model of a woman dressed in a 'stars-and-stripes' burka, human hearts half buried in sand and children chiseling away at an edible...

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Richard Dawkins Likens Burqas To Trash Bags, Speaks Of 'Visceral Revulsion' To Islamic Veils

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Burqa, Islam, Faith Schools Menace?, Professor Richard Dawkins, European Union, Oxford University, Muslim Groups, Burqa Ban, Burka, Richard Dawkins, France Burqa Ban, Muslim Veil, World News

Outspoken British academic Richard Dawkins has sparked outrage by likening the burqa to a "full bin liner." [The British phrase for trash bag.] In...

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Muslim Women Thrown Out Of Pool For Wearing 'Burkinis' In France

The Telegraph | Henry Samuel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bathing Suit, Muslim Women, Burkini, Muslim, Islamic Bathing Suit, Swimming Pool@Y:World, Burka, French Coast, Muslim Swimsuit, Le Port Leucate, Islamic Veil, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

Two Muslim women were ordered to leave a swimming pool in a French holiday village on the southwest coast for wearing body-covering "burkinis."...

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No Burkas in the Boardroom

Candy Spelling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Quotas, Burka, Legislation, Dress Codes, Women Executives, World News

Everyone should be worried about security. But to strike out at a small religious group of Muslim women in France in case someone planning to do harm will emulate their clothing is not the way to go.

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Burqa Bans From an American Muslim's Perspective

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Syria, Burqa, Women's Rights, Islam, Muslim American, American Muslim, Muslim Women, French, Xenophobia, Fundamentalist, Niqab, Extremist, Burka, Muslim Women's Rights, Religion News

Banning and denigrating a cultural tradition simply divides communities and engenders anger and resentment in a way that is not constructive toward building a multicultural society.

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Australian Pol Calls For Burqa Ban After Armed Robbery

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, Burka, Burqa, Australia Burqa, Burqa Ban, World News

An armed robbery allegedly carried out by a man wearing a burka has sparked a row in Australia on whether the full-face Islamic veil should be banned....

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Europe's Anti-Muslim Racism

Ahmed Moor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Switzerland, Italy, Europe, France, Jean-Francois Cope Burqa, Women in Burkas, Burka, Anti-Muslim, Jean-Francois-Cope, World News

The specter of racism leers menacingly over Western Europe today. More and more Europeans are reacting to Europe's changing racial profile in ever more illiberal ways, typically under the guise of lawful legislative intervention.

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Syria Bans Female Teachers From Wearing Veils

Robert Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Koran, Women, Islam, Muslim, Burka, Honor Killing, Veil, Religion News

While much attention is being paid to European countries considering banning the burka, which allows only the eyes of Muslim women to be seen, an Arab country is barring its teachers from wearing them.

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France Veil Ban To Be Submitted By Sarkozy

AP | SYLVIE CORBET | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarkozy, France Sarkozy, France, France Burqas, Burka, Niqab, France Veil, France Islam, Burqa Ban, Islamic Veil, Burqa, France Burka, World News

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered legislation that would ban women from wearing Islamic veils that hide the face in ...

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Some Arabs See Wisdom In Burqa Bans

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jordan, Europe Burqa Bans, Burqa, Burqa Bans, Burqa Ban, Burka, World News

Tom A. Peter, GlobalPost AMMAN, Jordan -- As European country after European country banned Muslims from wearing the burqa, niqab or other Islamic...

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Human Rights Hotties?

Rick Cleveland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Morocco, Satc, Abu Dhabi, Sex and the City, Sex and the City 2, Burka, Abaya, Dubai, Sarah Jessica Parker, Style News

I wonder how it is that this smart, talented, presumably goodhearted group of people could have been so oblivious about traipsing around a misogynist oil sheikdom in eight-hundred dollar shoes.

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French Call For Veil Ban In Public Buildings

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — A parliamentary panel will recommend on Tuesday that France ban face-covering Muslim veils in public locations such as hospitals and sch...

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What's Under Your Burka, Barbie?

Mona Eltahawy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Lingerie, Muslim, Sarkozy, Women, Barbie, Saudi Arabia, Burka, Niqab, World News

Who needs Ken when Burka Barbie can have Angry Bearded Muslim Man as her companion? (I want my share of royalties for that idea).

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Passive European Muslims Partially To Blame for Swiss Minaret Ban

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Kosovo, Holocaust, Danish Cartoons, Mosques, Swiss People's Party, Minaret Ban, Burka, European-Muslims, Swiss Minaret Ban, World News

Switzerland's Muslims can remain silent and continue to be marginalized or they can involve themselves in government policy and the media to shape their future.

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Egypt Plans To Ban Full Veils

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Islam, Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, Veil, Niqab, Women in Burkas, Burka, Islam Veil, Women-in-Burkas, Women's Rights, Muslim Women, Muslim Dress, Women's Muslim Dress, World News

Egypt's highest Muslim authority has said he will issue a religious edict against the growing trend for full women's veils, known as the niqab....

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Writer Wears Burka For One Week: "It Felt Like A Prison"

Daily Mail | Liz Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Islam, Liz Jones, One Week, Woman, Opinion, Burka, Muslim, Style News

Squatting next to me is my burka. It looks so innocuous: just a few yards of black fabric. But, my goodness, how oppressive it is, how suffocating, ho...

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Middle Eastern-Inspired Fashion Raises Some Eyebrows

Luxist.com | Kristin Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burqa, Middle East Burka, Middle East Fashion, Burka, Nicolas Sarkozy Burka, Givenchy Haute Couture, Middle East Inspired Fashion, Style News

Even as the great veil debate raged on this month in France - President Nicolas Sarkozy supports a ban on Muslim women wearing them in public- Paris c...

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Muslim Chic

Gioia Diliberto | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burqa, Religion, Chadors, Style, Hijab, Muslims, Sarkozy Burqa, Women in Burkas, Fashion, Burka, Nicolas Sarkozy, Style News

Westerners often assume that Muslim women would get rid of their head scarves if given a chance. It must be a husband or father who forces them to cover up. That's a serious misconception.

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Mini Skirts, Yes. Burqas, No?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarkozy Burqa, Religious Rights, France Burqas, Nicolas Sarkozy, Women in Burkas, Burka, World News

A secular society has no business making decisions based on religion, and that means in either direction. If God is neutral toward the mini skirt, he is neutral toward the burqa.

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