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

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

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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...

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

Kent Greenfield | Posted 08.09.2011

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Kent Greenfield

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

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Muslims Gain Freedom In Middle East, Lose It In Europe

Fahad Faruqui | Posted 07.07.2011

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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.

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WATCH: Powerful Afghan Show Lets Muslim Women Speak Against Abuse

Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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

The Telegraph | Henry Samuel | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Spain Rejects Burqa Ban – For Now

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING and HAROLD HECKLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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

AP | HAROLD HECKLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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France Moves Closer To Ban On Burqa-Style Veils

AP | ANGELA DOLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Woman Fined For Wearing Burqa In Italy

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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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

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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...

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

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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