France Passes Law BANNING Full Islamic Veils
PARIS — The French Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil on public streets and other places, a mea...
PARIS — The French Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil on public streets and other places, a mea...
Posted 05.25.2011
By Anto Akkara Religion News Service/ENInews NAGPUR, India (RNS/ENInews) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams deplored attempts by European gov...
Todd Green, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
The burqa ban is really less about preserving women's freedom and more about the underlying discomfort that many in France have over the growth of Islam and the increasing assertion of Muslim identity in the public sphere.
Anushay Hossain | Posted 05.25.2011
The burqa ban has nothing to do with protecting women's rights. It's a handout to far-right political parties at the cost of marginalizing a group that is already marginalized: Muslim communities in Europe.
Religion News Service | Elizabeth Bryant | Posted 05.25.2011
By Elizabeth Bryant Religion News Service PARIS (RNS) Belgium is poised to become Europe's first country to ban the face-covering Islamic veil, after...
Joshua Stanton | Posted 05.25.2011
It is easy to see how the "burqa ban" might be misused as a part of a broader effort to stigmatize a religious population, one that already perceives itself to be on the margins of society.
Anushay Hossain | Posted 05.25.2011
In a post 9/11 world, the burqa has perhaps become the most prominent representation of the subjugation of Muslim women. It has become an increasingly powerful political tool.
Berit Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011
Sarkozy is sending the message to the French public that a person cannot simultaneously be a French citizen and a conservative Muslim.
AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011
PARIS — France wants to study the small but growing trend of burqa wear, with an eye to possibly banning the Islamic garment from being worn in ...
AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011