December 10, 2009

France and the Burka Bride

France’s Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has declared that Muslim men who force their brides to wear Burkas should […]
November 30, 2009

Muslim dentist loses discrimination suit

A Muslim woman from Kista north of Stockholm (Sweden) who was denied a job as a dentist after […]
November 21, 2009

Barbie in a burkha

One of the world’s most famous children’s toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover, wearing a burkha: wearing […]
November 12, 2009

Sarkozy: No place for burqas in France

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says there is no place for full face and body veils such as the […]
November 11, 2009

German Head-Scarf Killer Given Life Sentence

Alex Wiens, who killed an Egyptian woman in Dresden in July, has been sentenced to life in prison: […]
November 11, 2009

Muslim lawyer ordered not to wear headscarf at Spanish court

A Spanish female lawyer has filed a complaint against a judge who ordered her to leave the courtroom […]
November 10, 2009

Justice minister revises anti-burqa statement

Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf has revised an earlier statement that she would ban the burqa in Switzerland: […]
November 2, 2009

Texas clinic operator regrets telling Muslim doctor no-hat policy applied to her headscarf

A Texas health clinic operator said it regrets telling a Muslim doctor applying for a job that she […]
October 31, 2009

Clinic to Muslim doctor: Its policy bars headscarf

A Muslim doctor interviewing for a job at a suburban Dallas medical clinic says officials there told her […]
October 24, 2009

French immigration official: ‘No burqas in the street’

As France’s Parliament discusses a possible burqa ban, France’s immigration minister has proposed a debate on French “national […]
October 9, 2009

Top Islamic cleric outlaws full-face veil

Egypt’s leading Islamic cleric has barred female students from wearing a full-face veil at Al-Azhar University, the prestigious […]
October 8, 2009

Muslim Canadian Congress asks government to ban burqas

The Muslim Canadian Congress has asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to ban face-covering veils such as the […]
October 6, 2009

«Il faut dire aux femmes que la République les protège»

Sihem Habchi, the leader of Ni Putes Ni Soumises, a French group that helps Muslim women, has strongly […]
October 6, 2009

Increasing use of niqab worries Egyptian government

Women dressed in stark black, their faces veiled and their hands sometimes gloved, are becoming a common sight […]
September 30, 2009

Bumps on the road towards a burqa ban in France

In France, official debate on a possible burqa ban continues. via:[http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/09/30/bumps-on-the-road-towards-a-burqa-ban-in-france/]
September 28, 2009

“Unveil the girls and educate the boys”, say Belgian protesters

In a protest in Brussels, demonstrators called on Francophone authorities to ban religious symbols from public schools, using […]
September 25, 2009

Welfare and the burqa in the Netherlands

The Mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen, says in an interview with Dutch daily Trouw that he opposes the […]
September 18, 2009

Teen at center of rights suit

Abercrombie & Fitch is being sued by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly not hiring a […]
September 11, 2009

Imam Fawaz Jneid: Headscarf prevents rape

The leader of the Green Left party in the Dutch Parliament, Femke Halsema, recently said in an interview: […]
September 11, 2009

Belgian schools ban Muslim headscarf: tribunal

Dutch-language public schools in Belgium will ban the wearing of Muslim headscarves in classes, school officials in the […]