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Telling Muslim Women What Not To Wear

Kari Ansari | Posted 06.12.2011 | Religion
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Kari Ansari

France has now officially outlawed the Islamic niqab or burqa in public. Where's the liberté in that?

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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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Woman Charged For ATTACKING Veiled Woman In France

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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PARIS — A Paris court handed a French retiree a one-month suspended sentence Thursday for attacking a Middle Eastern woman who was wearing a fac...

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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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Belgium Poised To Ban Muslim Veil

Religion News Service | Elizabeth Bryant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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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...

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A Jewish Voice Against the Burqa Ban

Joshua Stanton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Joshua Stanton

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.

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France Moves Closer To Banning Muslim Niqabs And Burqas

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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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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