Islamic Veil

6 Women Fined Since April For Violating France's Islamic Veil Ban

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

PARIS -- France's interior minister says that since a ban on face-covering Islamic veils took effect in April only six women have been convicted and f...

France and Belgium Have Banned the Burqa. Should America Follow Suit?

Kent Greenfield | Posted 08.09.2011

Kent Greenfield

While we usually give individuals' own choices the benefit of the doubt, there are exceptions when those choices impose harms on others.

Muslims Gain Freedom In Middle East, Lose It In Europe

Fahad Faruqui | Posted 07.07.2011

Fahad Faruqui

French President Nicholas Sarkozy has approved a law that "benefits" more or less 2,000 burqa-clad women, who were subjected to patriarchal oppression. Much to my surprise, the law is being rigidly enforced.

WATCH: Powerful Afghan Show Lets Muslim Women Speak Against Abuse

Posted 05.25.2011

A new Afghan television program is hoping to provide a forum for local women to speak out against widespread abuse, rape and other issues, CNN is repo...

Muslim Women Thrown Out Of Pool For Wearing 'Burkinis' In France

The Telegraph | Henry Samuel | Posted 05.25.2011

Two Muslim women were ordered to leave a swimming pool in a French holiday village on the southwest coast for wearing body-covering "burkinis."...

Spain Rejects Burqa Ban – For Now

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING and HAROLD HECKLE | Posted 05.25.2011

MADRID — Spain's Parliament on Tuesday rejected a proposal to ban women from wearing in public places Islamic veils that reveal only the eyes. ...

Spain Burqa Ban: Spanish Parliament To Consider Banning Islamic Veils In Public

AP | HAROLD HECKLE | Posted 05.25.2011

MADRID — Spanish lawmakers will debate barring burqas in public, joining other European countries considering similar moves on the grounds that ...

France Moves Closer To Ban On Burqa-Style Veils

AP | ANGELA DOLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

PARIS — France's justice minister went before parliament Tuesday to defend a hotly debated bill that would ban burqa-style Islamic veils in publ...

Woman Fined For Wearing Burqa In Italy

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

Italian police have fined a woman 500 euros ($A712) for wearing a full Islamic veil - the first punishment of its kind in Italy but the latest in a wa...

Belgian Lawmakers Pass Burka Ban

AP | ROBERT WIELAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Woman Wearing Islamic Face Veil While Driving Fined In France

AP | PIERRE-BAPTISTE VANZINI | Posted 05.25.2011

NANTES, France — A woman driver wearing an Islamic face veil has been fined by French police for not having a clear field of vision. The fine wa...

France Veil Ban To Be Submitted By Sarkozy

AP | SYLVIE CORBET | Posted 05.25.2011

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered legislation that would ban women from wearing Islamic veils that hide the face in ...

French Burqa Ban: Council Advises Against Total Ban

AP | DEBORAH SEWARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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

Freed Academic Haleh Esfandiari: 'Iranians Want Evolution, Not Revolution'

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Diane Tucker

Every two or three years, there has been a wave of protests like this in Iran. But this time I think there has been a fundamental change.