Full-face Veils

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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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  28-Year-Old Woman Becomes First To Be Fined In Denmark For Wearing Niqab

  A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new controversial law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported.

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  Denmark Bans Burqa, Niqab In Public Spaces

  The Danish parliament on Thursday passed a law banning the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces, becoming the latest European country to do so.

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  UK Man Gets 15-Month Jail For Ripping Off Woman's Veil

  A 56-year-old man has been jailed for over a year for ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or the full-face veil during an expletive-ridden racist assault at a shopping centre in the UK following the divisive Brexit vote.

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  German Chancellor Angela Merkel Calls For A Burqa Ban

  Angela Merkel laid out her case for a fourth term as German chancellor on Tuesday, seeking to energise her conservatives with a call to ban full-face Muslim veils and the promise of a tougher stance on immigration after a record influx of refugees.

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  Norway Seeks Ban On Burqas In The Classroom

  Norway's right-wing government on Wednesday announced plans to ban the full-face Islamic veil from classrooms and university lecture halls.

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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Swiss region bans full-face Muslim veil

  Voters in Switzerland's Italian-speaking region Sunday slapped a ban on wearing full-face veils, a move condemned by the country's Muslim community and Amnesty International.

• Britain faces up to Muslim veil ban debate

  Britain was dragged into a debate today on Muslim women wearing full-face veils in public, with its biggest selling newspaper adding to calls from politicians to join European countries that have banned its use.

• Muslim woman loses fight to wear veil in court

  A Muslim woman will be allowed to go on trial in Britain wearing a full-face veil but must take it off while giving evidence, thought to be a legal first, a judge ruled today.

• France stands by veil ban after riots

  Interior Minister Manuel Valls defended on Monday France's ban on wearing full-face veils in public places after a police check on a veiled Muslim woman sparked riots in a Paris suburb at the weekend.

• Woman barred from entering UK college for not removing veil

  A Muslim mother was turned away from a parents' evening at a British college as she refused to remove her full-face veil, an incident that left her feeling humiliated.