PARIS (Reuters) - France will issue recommendations against full face veils but not pass a law barring Muslim women from wearing them, a leading backe...
Linktv | Posted 09.27.2009 | World
France caused a stir in the Muslim world in 2004 with a law barring the hijab (headscarf) and all other religious clothing from state primary and seco...
AP | Posted 08.08.2009 | World
PARIS — French legislators took up the touchy subject of face-covering, body-length Muslim veils such as the burqa Wednesday, as a leading lawma...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.01.2009 | World
Following an imbroglio in France in late June when President Nicolas Sarkozy declared the burqa to be unwelcome and against French values, al Qaeda is...
AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 07.24.2009 | World
PARIS — A top Muslim group in Britain lashed out at Nicolas Sarkozy as "patronizing and offensive" on Tuesday, after the French president said b...
AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
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 ...
Reuters | Posted 11.13.2009 | World