Niquab or Burqa Controversies

Veils for Muslim women come in all sizes, shapes and colors — and with terminology that can mean different things in different places. Source: What’s That You’re Wearing? A Guide to Muslim Veils - The New York Times

A proposal to ban the veils, or niqabs, from public spaces is one expression of broader fears about immigration and Muslims in this small, homogeneous country. Source: Latvia Wants to Ban Face Veils, for All 3 Women Who Wear Them - The New York Times

As more fashion aimed at the Islamic market is offered for sale, France wrestles with the question of whether freedom means wearing whatever you want. Source: What Freedom Looks Like

Author: Erik Kirschbaum Source: Reuters FaithWorld http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/02/02/conservative-german-stat… Hesse, a state run by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, on Wednesday became the first...

Author: Kirsten Grieshaber Source: The Washington Post Wire Service: AP http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/08/AR20110… The 200 robed and bearded men gathered at dusk on the market square, rolled out their prayer rugs...

Author: Sara Webb Source: Reuters http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6BF45W20101216 The Netherlands could ban the burqa, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women, as soon as next year, Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders told Reuters in an...

Author: Rheal Seguin Source: The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/orthodox-jews-urge-quebec-… Quebec's Orthodox Jewish community appeared for the first time on Wednesday before a...

Author: Staff Writer Source: CNN http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/07/france.burqa.ban/index.html?… France's law banning the burqa and other Islamic face coverings in public places is legal, top constitutional authorities in France ruled...

Author: Joe Friesen and Sandra Martin Source: The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/multicultural… It has been elastic enough to withstand the pressures that have hounded it...

Author: Zehra Rizavi Source: The Washington Post http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/altmuslimah/2010/10/what_not_… Two weeks ago the French Senate passed a piece of legislation 246 votes to one to outlaw the face...