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The Burqa That We Are All Wearing

Hibaaq Osman | Posted 05.18.2012

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Hibaaq Osman

The history of women's rights across the globe demonstrates time and again the propensity of conservatives to adopt "women-centric" agendas that do everything to scapegoat women's freedoms in order to bolster their own platforms.

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Why I Support a Ban on Burqas

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

The burqa is not a dress, it's a message, one that clearly communicates the subjugation, the subservience, the crushing and the defeat of women.

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Man Denied French Citizenship Because Wife Wears Veil

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Moroccan man has been denied French citizenship because he demanded his French wife wear a full-face Islamic veil, Reuters reports. "It emerged d...

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For France Banning The Burqa Is Not The Answer

Anushay Hossain | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anushay Hossain

This fuss over what a small minority of Muslim women in France are forced, or in some cases choose to wear is just a fraction of the much larger issue of Muslim integration in Europe.

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French Call For Veil Ban In Public Buildings

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — A parliamentary panel will recommend on Tuesday that France ban face-covering Muslim veils in public locations such as hospitals and sch...

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France Moves Closer To Banning Muslim Niqabs And Burqas

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Beyond the Burqa: To Help Women, Leaders Should Dig Deeper than Religious Clothing

Liesl Gerntholtz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liesl Gerntholtz

In this burqa debate, the voices of Muslim women are strangely absent.

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