PARIS (Reuters) - France will issue recommendations against full face veils but not pass a law barring Muslim women from wearing them, a leading backe...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared earlier this year that the Islamic burqa was a symbol of subservience. In other incidents, two women were ba...
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.
Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.09.2009 | World
"What does Sarkozy think? Outlawing burqas is going to make these women walk outside in a sundress?" asked one social worker. "They just won't leave home as often. He is sentencing them to prison!"
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.
Gioia Diliberto | Posted 07.27.2009 | Style
Westerners often assume that Muslim women would get rid of their head scarves if given a chance. It must be a husband or father who forces them to cover up. That's a serious misconception.
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.
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 ...
Reuters | Posted 11.13.2009 | World