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...
Freedom House | Posted 09.19.2009 | World
Verbally attacking women and banning them from public places is not the right path for France to choose. These actions only serve to further isolate Muslim women from society.
Hisham Wyne | Posted 08.25.2009 | World
My personal likes and dislikes do not offer a sufficient raison de'etre to unveil anyone. And neither do yours.
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...
Joan Z. Shore | Posted 08.02.2009 | World
Muslim women in burqas are not being "protected"; they are being marginalized.
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...
LabourList | Posted 07.28.2009 | World
There are hundreds of points of action that feminists across Europe would prioritize above banning the burqa, were anyone to actually ask us.
Rob Asghar | Posted 07.27.2009 | World
Let's have no-holds-barred discussions about what it means to wear a burqa.
Berit Anderson | Posted 07.27.2009 | World
Sarkozy is sending the message to the French public that a person cannot simultaneously be a French citizen and a conservative Muslim.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 07.26.2009 | World
Imagine what would happen if a top fashion model walked down the runway in a Hermes-designed burka, or if Muslim women could vie for the latest French designs of their hijab?
Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.26.2009 | World
A secular society has no business making decisions based on religion, and that means in either direction. If God is neutral toward the mini skirt, he is neutral toward the burqa.
Ahmed Rehab | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
Is there a real difference between France or Turkey forcing women to remove their veils, and Saudi Arabia or Iran forcing them to keep them on?
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 | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 07.23.2009 | World
PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Monday that the Islamic burqa is not welcome in France, branding the face-covering, body-length gown ...
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