July 19, 2010Muslim bus drivers refuse to let guide dogs on boardBlind passengers are being ordered off buses or refused taxi rides because Muslim drivers or passengers object to […]
July 14, 2010US disagreement with France over veil banUS officials have reiterated Washington’s disagreement with a measure approved by the lower house of France’s National Assembly […]
July 13, 2010French National Assembly Approves Burqa BanThe lower house of the French parliament has voted in favor of banning the burqa in public, the […]
July 11, 2010Muslim woman sues Somerset Medical Center for religious discriminationA Muslim woman is suing Somerset Medical Center (New Jersey) for religious discrimination: faced with severe chest pains, […]
July 8, 2010Widespread Support for Banning Full Islamic Veil in Western EuropeMajorities of those surveyed in France (82%), Germany (71%), Britain (62%), and Spain (59%) are supportive of a […]
July 1, 2010Tory MP bids to ‘ban the burka’A British MP has introduced a law to ban the burqa: Philip Hollobone, MP of Kettering who introduced […]
June 14, 2010Barcelona to ban burqa in municipal buildingsBarcelona is to become the first major Spanish city to bar the use of face-covering Islamic veils in […]
June 13, 2010Woman fined for erratic driving caused by veilPolice in the city of Vaucluse (Southern France) have fined a woman driver for erratic driving caused by […]
June 1, 2010Al Jazeera’s female talent resigns over modesty demandsFive female Al Jazeera presenters have resigned after being accused of “dressing immodestly”: the five presenters, along with […]
May 19, 2010Sarkozy calls burqa ban bill a ‘moral’ choiceFrench President Nicolas Sarkzoy has defended a draft government bill to ban full Islamic veils such as the […]
May 19, 2010France moves one step closer to burqa banThe French Council of Ministers approved a measure Wednesday to ban the wearing of full-face veils, sending the […]
May 19, 2010France: Burqa debate turns into fistfightA debate organised by “Ni putes ni soumises”, a French NGO, Tuesday night in Paris, on the question […]
May 18, 2010Spanish town to debate veil banA Spanish town is to debate calls for a ban on wearing the full-face Islamic veil in public […]
May 18, 2010Saudi woman beats up religious police officer who stopped her for walking with a manWhen a Saudi religious policeman questioned a young couple walking together in an amusement park he got a […]
May 4, 2010Tearing Away the VeilIn the New York Times, the mayor of Meaux (France), Jean-Francois Cope argues that banning the burqa affirms […]
May 3, 2010MEP calls for Europe-wide burqa banGerman MEP Silvana Koch-Mehrin has called for a Europe-wide ban on the wearing of the burqa: “”The burqa […]
April 29, 2010Dearborn Heights woman told to remove hijab loses court caseA federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit against a Wayne County judge accused of telling a woman to […]
April 23, 2010Belgium in chaos as PM quits over burqaThe collapse of the Belgian coalition government has prevented the country’s parliament from voting in Europe’s first ban […]
April 23, 2010Most French want burqa law, but not total banTwo-thirds of French people want a law limiting the use of face-covering Islamic veils such as the niqab […]
April 19, 2010Iranian Cleric Says Promiscuous Women Are to Blame for EarthquakesA senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes: […]