Burqa Ban

Let's Ban Burqas To Stop Imaginary Crime Wave, Says Trollgaze Columnist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.26.2013 | Politics

I strongly suspect that Daniel Pipes is trying to invigorate the passions of the Washington Times readership while simultaneously offering the rest of...

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Swiss Parliament Rejects Burqa Ban Bid

AP | Posted 09.28.2012 | World

GENEVA -- Swiss lawmakers have rejected a proposal to ban face-covering veils, such as the burqa worn by some Muslim women, in public spaces. Parliam...

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Single in the City: The Niqab and I

Rym Tina Ghazal | Posted 10.14.2012 | Style

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By banning the niqab and burqa we are not really helping anyone. A truly repressed woman has far bigger problems than what she wears on her face.

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Dutch Burqa Ban May Be Headed For The Trash Can

AP | Posted 07.02.2012 | World

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AMSTERDAM -- Dutch government plans to ban the wearing of burqas and forbid citizens of the Netherlands from holding dual nationality are unlikely to ...

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Dutch 'Burqa Ban' May Be Off The Table After Government Collapse

Reuters | Gilbert Kreijger | Posted 06.25.2012 | World

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By Gilbert Kreijger AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - With the collapse of the Dutch centre-right government, the Netherlands may now drop some of ...

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Australian Law Requires Women To Remove Muslim Face Coverings

AP | By ROD McGUIRK | Posted 03.06.2012 | World

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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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Liberation Through Assimilation: Burqa Ban Comes To Canada

Sonny Singh | Posted 02.21.2012 | Religion

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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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The Next Country To Ban The Burqa?

AP | Posted 10.02.2011 | Religion

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

Robyn Carolyn Price | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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

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French Burqa Ban Sets A Dangerous Precedent

Mike Ghouse | Posted 06.14.2011 | Religion

Sustainable cultural change can come only though free will and not compulsion. I am not for the burqa, but we have to defend the woman's right to wear what she chooses.

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First Woman Ticketed For Violating French Burqa Ban

AP | By ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 06.12.2011 | World

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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 | World

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

Ian Moss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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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The French Ban of Burqa and the Age of Reason

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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

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Islamophobia Peaks in Europe

Claire Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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France Passes Law BANNING Full Islamic Veils

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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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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Archbishop Of Canterbury Criticizes European Burqa Bans

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

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By Anto Akkara Religion News Service/ENInews NAGPUR, India (RNS/ENInews) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams deplored attempts by European gov...

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

Katie Hawkes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

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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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'The Women's Voices Now' Film Festival: Women's Voices From the Muslim World

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

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Whoever you may be, whatever you can do, your empowerment can help others. Start lending your vision, your voice, your sheer verve to those who don't realize theirs is a voice we seek to hear.

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WaPo 'On Faith': What Not To Wear: Outlawing The Face Veil

The Washington Post | Zehra Rizavi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

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The debate on the merits of the face veil must come from within the religion, not imposed from without. When European governments inject themselves in...

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France's Illegal Ban of the Burqa

Rabah Ghezali | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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It is nonsensical to suppose that an individual's free and deliberate choice to veil their person violates their own human dignity.

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France On Heightened Terror Alert After New Threats

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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PARIS — France is on alert for possible terrorism after intelligence suggested that attackers might target a public gathering place, with one lead p...

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What Not To Wear: Dictating Islamic Fashion In France

Todd Green, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

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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.

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