Niquab or Burqa Controversies

Author: Albert Aji and Elizabeth Kennedy Source: The Detroit News Wire Service: AP http://www.detnews.com/article/20100720/NATION/7200361/1041/LIFESTYLE04… Syria has forbidden the country's students and...

Author: Staff Writer Source: CNN http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/13/france.burqa.ban/index.html?… France's lower house of parliament Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a ban on any veils that cover the face -- including the burqa, the full-body...

Author: Alfredo Garcia Source: Religion News Service http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnsblog/meet_french_guerrilla_ar… Guerrilla artists are known for their ability to shock and awe with their artwork, combining irony with social...

Author: Staff Writer Source: The Pew Research Center http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1658/widespread-support-for-banning-full-is… On July 13, members of the lower house of the French parliament...

Author: Staff Writer Source: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/10517707.stm The French parliament is debating plans to ban the wearing of full Islamic veils in public. The bill in front of the lower house would make it illegal to wear the niqab...

Author: Kirsty Walker Source: The Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1290863/Tory-MP-Philip-Hollobon… A Tory MP has launched a legal bid to ban Muslim women from wearing burkas in public places. Philip...

Author: Nahal Toosi Source: The Daily Sentinel Wire Service: AP http://hosted2.ap.org/COGRA/APWorldNews/Article_2010-06-27-AS-Pakistan-… To its detractors, the Al-Huda chain of Islamic schools across...

Author: Staff Writer Source: Reuters UK http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65M4SD20100623?feedType=RSS&feedNa… The Council of Europe human rights watchdog said on Wednesday it opposed an all-out ban on full face veils, under consideration by...

Author: Raphael Minder Source: New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/world/europe/24iht-spain.html?ref=rel… In a significant escalation of Spain’s debate over how to handle radical Islam, the Senate on Wednesday narrowly and...

Author: Edward Cody Source: The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/13/AR20100… It started as a traffic ticket, issued to a woman at the wheel whose vision police said was dangerously obstructed by a...