Niquab or Burqa Controversies

Author: Staff Writer Source: The Star-Tribune Wire Service: AP http://www.startribune.com/world/96290643.html Barcelona is to become the first major Spanish city to bar the use of face-covering Islamic veils in municipal buildings. City Mayor Jordi Hereu...

Author: Staff Writer/Lianne Turner Source: CNN http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/10/anti-islam-partys-success-worr… Opinion polls had predicted the anti-Muslim Party for Freedom would do well in Dutch elections this week - but not...

Author: Staff Writer Source: Los Angeles Times Wire Service: AP http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-eu-spain-islamic-ve… The Spanish city of Lleida has barred women from wearing face-covering Islamic veils inside its...

Author: Elaine Ganley Source: Google News Wire Service: AP http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jBLvcjYl38M5uHzhqlF2I… One runs her own company, another is a housewife and a third, a divorcee, raises her children by herself...

Author: Staff Writer Source: Middle East Online http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/morocco/?id=39064 A Spanish town is to debate calls for a ban on wearing the full-face Islamic veil in public amid growing cross-party opposition to the burqa in the...

Author: Peter Allen Source: Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7735607/France-… The astonishing scene unfolded during a weekend shopping trip after the woman lawyer took offence at the attire...

Author: Staff Writer Source: Google News Wire Service: AP http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jCNTvqBoyqoaOU9icb-b9… Muslims who attended a conference in Austria's capital criticized European countries Sunday for considering...

Author: Edward Cody Source: The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/14/AR20100… Since she started wearing a full Islamic veil six weeks ago, Selma said, she has been stared at, frowned at, muttered to...

Author: Staff Writer Source: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8676238.stm The French parliament has voted to condemn the full Islamic face veil, calling it "an affront to the nation's values of dignity and equality". The non-binding resolution...

Author: Staff Writer Source: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8676238.stm The French parliament has voted to condemn the full Islamic face veil, calling it "an affront to the nation's values of dignity and equality". The non-binding resolution...