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UN Committee Slams French "Burqa Ban" For "Violating" Rights
The UN Human Rights Committee on Tuesday criticised France's so-called burqa ban, saying the law "violated" the rights of two women who were fined for wearing full-face veils in public.
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Wealthy Businessman Says He's Paid $278,000 In Burqa Ban Fines
For the past five years, the act of wearing an Islamic full-face veil in France's public spaces has been illegal. This means that if you were a Muslim woman and you wore a niqab or a burqa and walked down the street, you ran the risk of a 150 euros ($167) fine.
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France is Target Of Choice for Jihadists
The bloody attacks in Paris show that France is a target of choice for jihadists due to its air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as well as its controversial ban on the burqa face veil and attitude to Muslims, analysts say.
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Europe Rights Court Upholds French Burqa Ban
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's controversial burqa ban, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom.
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European Rights Court Upholds French Burqa Ban
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's controversial burqa ban, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom.
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French court upholds controversial burqa ban
A French court on Wednesday convicted a young woman for wearing a full-face Islamic veil in public and threw out her bid to have the country's controversial burqa ban declared unconstitutional.
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France reaffirms limits on Muslim headscarves, veils
A French appeals court, ruling in a hotly debated religious rights case, on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a Muslim daycare worker for wearing a headscarf at a creche that demanded strict neutrality from its employees.
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Top French court rules sacking over veil 'discriminatory'
A French Muslim woman who was sacked for wearing the Islamic headscarf at work was unfairly dismissed on the basis of her religion, France's top court ruled on Tuesday.
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Veiled French woman imprisoned for biting police officer
A French Muslim teenager who was arrested for wearing a full Islamic veil was sent to prison for two months on Thursday after being convicted of biting a policewoman.
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Satyagraha against burqa ban in France
Rachid Nekkaz, a French businessman who lives in Parisian suburb says he is calling for a "civil disobedience" against the burqa ban. Women who want to freely wear the niqab should do so he says and he will pay their fines of 150 euro each. Nekazz says, "Thanks to the property business I own it's possible for me to raise upto 5 million euros of fin...
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UN Committee Slams French "Burqa Ban" For "Violating" Rights
The UN Human Rights Committee on Tuesday criticised France's so-called burqa ban, saying the law "violated" the rights of two women who were fined for wearing full-face veils in public.
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Wealthy Businessman Says He's Paid $278,000 In Burqa Ban Fines
For the past five years, the act of wearing an Islamic full-face veil in France's public spaces has been illegal. This means that if you were a Muslim woman and you wore a niqab or a burqa and walked down the street, you ran the risk of a 150 euros ($167) fine.
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France is Target Of Choice for Jihadists
The bloody attacks in Paris show that France is a target of choice for jihadists due to its air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as well as its controversial ban on the burqa face veil and attitude to Muslims, analysts say.
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Europe Rights Court Upholds French Burqa Ban
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's controversial burqa ban, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom.
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European Rights Court Upholds French Burqa Ban
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's controversial burqa ban, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom.
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French court upholds controversial burqa ban
A French court on Wednesday convicted a young woman for wearing a full-face Islamic veil in public and threw out her bid to have the country's controversial burqa ban declared unconstitutional.
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France reaffirms limits on Muslim headscarves, veils
A French appeals court, ruling in a hotly debated religious rights case, on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a Muslim daycare worker for wearing a headscarf at a creche that demanded strict neutrality from its employees.
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Top French court rules sacking over veil 'discriminatory'
A French Muslim woman who was sacked for wearing the Islamic headscarf at work was unfairly dismissed on the basis of her religion, France's top court ruled on Tuesday.
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Veiled French woman imprisoned for biting police officer
A French Muslim teenager who was arrested for wearing a full Islamic veil was sent to prison for two months on Thursday after being convicted of biting a policewoman.
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Satyagraha against burqa ban in France
Rachid Nekkaz, a French businessman who lives in Parisian suburb says he is calling for a "civil disobedience" against the burqa ban. Women who want to freely wear the niqab should do so he says and he will pay their fines of 150 euro each. Nekazz says, "Thanks to the property business I own it's possible for me to raise upto 5 million euros of fin...
