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RJD Condemns Bihar Jewellery Shop Owners 'Restricting' Customers With Hijabs
A decision by a jewellery shop owners' body in Bihar to restrict the entry of customers with covered faces, including women wearing hijabs or niqabs, has triggered political controversy in the state.
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Students' Petition Against College's Hijab Ban
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by women students challenging the ban on wearing hijab, niqab, burkha, stole, cap, etc., on campus by a Mumbai college.
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Kenyan Man Wearing Niqab Unmasked In Women's Chess Tournament
A young man wearing a niqab and glasses played four rounds of the Nairobi Women's Chess Open before being exposed.
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Afghan Women Overseas Pose In Colorful Attire In Protest Against Taliban
Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and gowns, staging a demonstration in support of country's new Taliban rulers at Kabul University.
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Women Attending Private Afghan Universities To Wear Niqab, Cover Face: Taliban
Women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face, the Taliban have ordered, and classes must be segregated by sex -- or at least divided by a curtain.
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Tunisia PM Bans Niqab In Public Institutions "For Security Reasons"
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab face veil in public institutions "for security reasons", an official source told Reuters on Friday.
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Outrage In Indonesia As Pre-Schoolers March With Gun Replicas
An Indonesian kindergarten apologised Monday after images of its pint-sized students marching in niqab veils and carrying cardboard cutouts of assault rifles sparked outrage.
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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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Saudi Women Will Drive But Face Bumpy Road To Empowerment
Mervat Bukhari, a force of nature draped head-to-toe in Islamic niqab, braved insults and taunts to become the first Saudi woman to work at a gas station, something unimaginable not long ago.
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Canada's Quebec Says No Public Services For Those With Face Veils
Canada's Quebec province Wednesday prohibited government workers and anyone receiving government services from covering their face, in a move critics say unfairly targets Muslim women who wear a niqab veil.
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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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Man Admits Ripping Off Woman's Niqab In UK
A 55-year-old British man today admitted in a UK court to ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or full face veil in a shopping centre and yelling "you are in our country now".
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The Burkini, The Veil, The Niqab: What French Law Says
Burkinis banned on dozens of beaches, no veils in schools, no niqabs in the neighbourhood: in staunchly secular France, the law imposes an array of restrictions on anything denoting religious affiliation.
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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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RJD Condemns Bihar Jewellery Shop Owners 'Restricting' Customers With Hijabs
A decision by a jewellery shop owners' body in Bihar to restrict the entry of customers with covered faces, including women wearing hijabs or niqabs, has triggered political controversy in the state.
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Students' Petition Against College's Hijab Ban
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by women students challenging the ban on wearing hijab, niqab, burkha, stole, cap, etc., on campus by a Mumbai college.
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Kenyan Man Wearing Niqab Unmasked In Women's Chess Tournament
A young man wearing a niqab and glasses played four rounds of the Nairobi Women's Chess Open before being exposed.
-
Afghan Women Overseas Pose In Colorful Attire In Protest Against Taliban
Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and gowns, staging a demonstration in support of country's new Taliban rulers at Kabul University.
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Women Attending Private Afghan Universities To Wear Niqab, Cover Face: Taliban
Women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face, the Taliban have ordered, and classes must be segregated by sex -- or at least divided by a curtain.
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Tunisia PM Bans Niqab In Public Institutions "For Security Reasons"
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab face veil in public institutions "for security reasons", an official source told Reuters on Friday.
-
Outrage In Indonesia As Pre-Schoolers March With Gun Replicas
An Indonesian kindergarten apologised Monday after images of its pint-sized students marching in niqab veils and carrying cardboard cutouts of assault rifles sparked outrage.
-
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.
-
Saudi Women Will Drive But Face Bumpy Road To Empowerment
Mervat Bukhari, a force of nature draped head-to-toe in Islamic niqab, braved insults and taunts to become the first Saudi woman to work at a gas station, something unimaginable not long ago.
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Canada's Quebec Says No Public Services For Those With Face Veils
Canada's Quebec province Wednesday prohibited government workers and anyone receiving government services from covering their face, in a move critics say unfairly targets Muslim women who wear a niqab veil.
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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.
-
Man Admits Ripping Off Woman's Niqab In UK
A 55-year-old British man today admitted in a UK court to ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or full face veil in a shopping centre and yelling "you are in our country now".
-
The Burkini, The Veil, The Niqab: What French Law Says
Burkinis banned on dozens of beaches, no veils in schools, no niqabs in the neighbourhood: in staunchly secular France, the law imposes an array of restrictions on anything denoting religious affiliation.
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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.
