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Is It Safe For A Muslim Woman To Wear The Hijab In America?

Jacques Berlinerblau | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Burqa, American Islamophobia, Islamophobia, Hate Crimes, Hijab, Shaima Alawadi, Trayvon Martin, Niqab, Honor Killing, Islam, Video, Religion News

What is it like for a Muslim-American woman to wear a hijab in public? Does this particular religious attire render its wearers vulnerable to verbal and physical violence?

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Seeing Past the Burqa on International Women's Day

Stacy Parker Le Melle | Posted 05.08.2012

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On International Women's Day, please take a few moments to not just look beyond the burqa, but also to look into the hearts and minds of these special women.

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Australian Law Requires Women To Remove Muslim Face Coverings

AP | By ROD McGUIRK | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Burqa, New South Wales, Video, Niqab Australia, Australia, Veil, Niqab Ban, Niqab, Burqa Ban, Australia Muslim Veils, World News

CANBERRA, Australia -- Muslim women in Australia's most populous state will have to remove veils to have their signatures officially witnessed under t...

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Fear Factor: The Religious Right's Problem With Women

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.01.2012

What is it about women that the men of deeply conservative religions find so threatening? What runs so deep that it justifies traumatizing an innocent eight-year-old like Naama Margolese in Beit Shemesh?

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6 Women Fined Since April For Violating France's Islamic Veil Ban

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

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PARIS -- France's interior minister says that since a ban on face-covering Islamic veils took effect in April only six women have been convicted and f...

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Liberation Through Assimilation: Burqa Ban Comes To Canada

Sonny Singh | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: French Turban Ban, Religious Freedom, Ethnocentrism, Islamophobia, Burqa, National Identity, Sikhism, Canada Burqa Ban, Jason Kenney, Niqab Ban, French Burqa Ban, Sikhs and Muslims, Religious Garb, Racism, Niqab, Burqa Ban, Assimilation, Islam, Religion News

This isn't about whether we think wearing burqas or niqabs is a good idea or not. The issue is whether a government should be able to impose its notion of national identity on its citizens

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Hijab is Not A Halloween Costume

Dr. Faheem Younus | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Islam, Halloween, Hijab, Burqa, Halloween Costumes, Religious Understanding, Muslim Women, Religious Tolerance, What Is a Hijab, Muslim Americans, Islam and Halloween, Stereotyping Muslims, Islam in America, Religion News

Don't think that a Muslim American women's chagrin is limited to Halloween. Ignorance about hijab is a year-around phenomenon in some segments of our society.

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The Next Country To Ban The Burqa?

AP | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Muslim Veils, Burqa, Islam, Muslim Women, Italy Veil Ban, Veil Ban Italy, European Muslims, Niqab, Italy, Burqa Ban, Burqa Ban Italy, Italy Burga Ban, Religion News

ROME -- An Italian parliamentary commission on Tuesday approved a draft law banning women from wearing veils that cover their faces in public. The dr...

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France and Belgium Have Banned the Burqa. Should America Follow Suit?

Kent Greenfield | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Burqa, Religion, Women's Rights, Islam, France, Religious Freedom, Islamic Veil, Religious Tolerance, Feminism, Belgium, Barack Obama, Choice, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

While we usually give individuals' own choices the benefit of the doubt, there are exceptions when those choices impose harms on others.

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What It's Like Without The Muslim Headscarf

nadiaelawady.wordpress.com | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Burqa, Hijab Fashion, Islam, Hijab, Hijab Europe, Muslim Headscarf, World News

I have a secret. Not a dirty little secret. I'm not going to tell you those. A normal, short-lived secret as you soon shall see. And I'm going to tell...

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Demystifying the Burqa

Harris Zafar | Posted 06.18.2011

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All eyes are on France this week, as their ban of Islamic veils went into effect on Monday. Extremists on opposite sides of this debate have engaged in a virtual tug-of-war, and Muslim women are the rope.

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Banning the Burqa: Behind the Veil of France's New Law

Robyn Carolyn Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women Arrested, Burqa, Islam, Muslim, Burqa Ban, France, World News

What has prompted a secular government to involve itself in religious affairs and define what certain religious symbols mean?

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First Woman Ticketed For Violating French Burqa Ban

AP | By ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 06.12.2011

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PARIS -- A woman has been ticketed in a suburban Paris shopping center for wearing a face veil, in the first reported sanction under a new ban on the ...

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Two Women Detained As France's Islamic Veiling Ban Kicks In

AP | By CAMILLE RUSTICI | Posted 06.11.2011

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PARIS -- France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday, as several women appeared veiled in front of Paris' Notre Dam...

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Muslim Women Face Choices As France's Veil Ban Looms

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Burqa, Islam, France, Hijab, Veil Ban, Niqab, French Muslims, Nicolas Sarkozy, Muslim Veils, Religion News

TRAPPES, France — Karima has a plan. If police stop her for wearing a veil over her face, she'll remove it – then put it back on once they...

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Haterism: Arizona and France Have More In Common Than You Think

Ian Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

The unfortunate result of Arizona's new law and similar manifestations of intolerance in France, Belgium, and Switzerland will be further alienation and stigmatization of immigrant communities.

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Know Your Veils: A Guide To Middle Eastern Head Coverings (PHOTOS)

Anne Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Next time you are having dinner with a Bahraini dignitary, don't embarrass yourself by confusing the Queen's abaya with a burqa.

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The French Ban of Burqa and the Age of Reason

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burqa, Islam, Religion, Hate Crimes, First Amendment, France, France Burqas, Tradition, Hate Speech, Burqa Ban, Muslim, Nicolas Sarkozy, Women's Rights, World News

When Muslim women insist on wearing burqas and not being searched, it infringes upon other citizens' right to security.

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Woman Claims She Was Denied Travel On Bus Because She Was Wearing A Burqa

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burqa, Chicago Travel, Islam, Video, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Jacqueline Pasha, Racism, Greyhound Bus, Muslim, Burqa Greyhound, Chicago News

A Chicago woman attempting to visit family in Arkansas was allegedly not allowed to board a Greyhound bus last month because she was wearing a burqa. ...

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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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Islamophobia Peaks in Europe

Claire Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burqa, Germany, Islamophobia, Dutch Party for Freedom, Angela Merkel, Muslim Immigrants, Burqa Ban, Geert Wilders, Thilo Sarrazin, Leitkultur, Politics News

Right-wing populist parties have emerged in every Western European country, united in their fight against the "Islamicization of Europe."

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

Posted 05.25.2011

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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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France Passes Law BANNING Full Islamic Veils

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — The French Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil on public streets and other places, a mea...

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The Burqa Ban: Another Misguided Step Toward So-Called Equality

Katie Hawkes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Surely it is a logical fallacy to brand a religious practice as 100-percent erroneous because it has been warped at the hands of fanatics. Perhaps we are the ones with a warped idea of what is truly beautiful.

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Vichy Revisited: Sarkozy Versus the Gypsies

Michele Langevine Leiby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political News, Politics, European Union, Gypsy Deportation, Carla Bruni, Romania, Nicolas Sarkozy, France, France Burqas, Human, Human Rights, Burqa, Europe, World News

There can be no justification for treating the Roma any differently from other EU citizens. Specifically targeting them for expulsion clearly contravenes EU law.

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