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Does The French Law Forbidding Full-Face Veils Cover Up the Real Problem?

Nancy Graham Holm | Posted 01.18.2012

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What we need are public policies and personal practices that bridge gaps instead of creating them.

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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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The French Ban of Burqa and the Age of Reason

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011

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

The Washington Post | Zehra Rizavi | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Vichy Revisited: Sarkozy Versus the Gypsies

Michele Langevine Leiby | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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What Not To Wear: Dictating Islamic Fashion In France

Todd Green, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Don't Mess With My Burqa, Monsieur

Pepe Escobar | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm already making plans to arrive at terminal 2 of Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris in the spring of 2011 sporting my burqa.

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French Ban Veils Sarkozy's Political Ambitions

Michael Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Taliban are thought to be an oppressive regime because of brutish laws like the one forcing women to wear burqas. Does forcing women to remove them make the French any better?

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Burqa Battle: Rooting for Sarkozy to Win

Taylor Marsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every religious group has customs that should be respected among those of that faith, but the public is under no obligation to embrace these customs, let alone acquiesce to them.

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France Veil Ban To Be Submitted By Sarkozy

AP | SYLVIE CORBET | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Banned Under Bush, Muslim Scholar Tariq Ramadan Returns to US

Matt Sledge | Posted 05.25.2011

Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan -- whose visa was formerly revoked by the State Department in 2004 -- has returned to the United States for a series of lectures.

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Sex and the City 2's Wardrobe Malfunction

Jayne Huckerby | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was shocking to see Sex and the City 2 work overtime to stereotype women in Muslim countries as subjugated and ignorant.

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Belgium Parliament Approves Burqa Ban

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRUSSELS — A parliamentary committee unanimously voted Wednesday to ban the wearing of face-covering veils in public, a major step in the legisl...

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French Burqa Ban: Council Advises Against Total Ban

AP | DEBORAH SEWARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — France's highest administrative body warned Tuesday that a total prohibition on full-body Islamic veils in public risks being found unco...

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Should the French Veil Ban Concern the West?

Jehan S. Harney | Posted 05.25.2011

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In order for us to win the battle against radical Islam we must not compromise our values as a result of few militant Muslims' manipulation of religion or use of the burqa and niqab as a cover to commit crimes.

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Why I Support a Ban on Burqas

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The burqa is not a dress, it's a message, one that clearly communicates the subjugation, the subservience, the crushing and the defeat of women.

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Man Denied French Citizenship Because Wife Wears Veil

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Moroccan man has been denied French citizenship because he demanded his French wife wear a full-face Islamic veil, Reuters reports. "It emerged d...

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French Identity Debate: Beyond Burqas

GlobalPost | Mildrade Cherfils | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS, France -- A panel of French lawmakers has recommended passing a law to forbid women from wearing head-to-toe Islamic dress in some public space...

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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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France Will Oppose But Not Ban Burqas

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS (Reuters) - France will issue recommendations against full face veils but not pass a law barring Muslim women from wearing them, a leading backe...

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France Moves Closer To Banning Muslim Niqabs And Burqas

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA VERRIERE, France — The man she married is French, her four children were born in France and she speaks French with only a trace of her native...

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Wailing Over Veiling

Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011

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My personal likes and dislikes do not offer a sufficient raison de'etre to unveil anyone. And neither do yours.

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Sarkozy: Full Veil Not Welcome In France

The Guardian | Lizzy Davies Paris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicolas Sarkozy last night threw his weight behind moves to ban the full Islamic veil in France, calling for an "unambiguous" parliamentary resolution...

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