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Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won't Run 'Opus' Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam

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Author: Catherine Donaldson-Evans Source: FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294779,00.html A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because...

Amsterdam Islamic School Ignores Headscarf Ruling

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Source: Expatica http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_… On December 15, 2005 Expatica reported, "The Islamic College Amsterdam (ICA) announced on Thursday it will...

Swiss Court Upholds Basketball Headscarf Ban

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Author: Staff Writer Source: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8484890.stm A Muslim woman has failed to overturn a ban stopping her from wearing a headscarf during league basketball matches in Switzerland. Sura al-Shawk, 19, was told she could...

Delaware DMV Offers Apology for Headscarf Incident

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Author: Mike Chalmers Source: Delaware Online/The News Journal http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100414/NEWS02/4140336/DMV+offer… Getting her driver's license should have been an exciting rite of passage for a Sussex...

Ban of Religious Symbols Seen as Targeting Islam

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Source: The Economist http://www.economist.com/World/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2404691 On February 5, 2004 The Economist ran an in-depth article on the integration of the growing Muslim population in France to French secular society, spurred by the...

Canadian Political Leader Urges French to Allow Turbans in Schools

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Source: INDOlink/NNN http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=090304045626 On September 3, 2004 INDOlink/NNN reported, "The French government’s controversial ban on symbolic religious headscarfs in schools that came into force a couple of days ago...

Bosnian Colleges Draw Turks Avoiding Headscarf Ban

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Author: Staff Writer Source: Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6343VJ20100405 About 1,000 Turkish students have left home to attend university in Bosnia, attracted by the low cost of living, good food and -- for women -- the right to wear an...

Muslim Woman Sues for Being Forced to Remove Headscarf in US Jail

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Source: International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/america/NA-GEN-US-Muslim-Head… LOS ANGELES: A Muslim woman arrested for riding a commuter train without a valid ticket has filed a federal lawsuit in the United...

Islamic Headscarf's Comeback Reveals Bosnian Divisions

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Source: Turkish Press http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=176488 SARAJEVO - After being banned for decades by Yugoslav communist rulers, the Islamic headscarf is making a comeback to the streets of post-war Bosnia, exposing deep ethnic divisions...

Government Rejects Headscarf Ban

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Source: Aljazeera Wire Service: AFP http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/AD105A1C-7FB0-4A75-B5F1-3AFF0110… On August 29, 2005 Agence France-Presse reported, "Australian Prime Minister John Howard has rejected suggestions by some ruling party...

Evangelical Church Divided Over Headscarf Ban

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Source: Lutheran World Information http://www.wfn.org/2004/03/msg00158.html On March 16, 2004 Lutheran World Information reported, "There is increasing disagreement within the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) concerning the ban on the wearing of head...

Kindergarten Teacher Asked to Remove Headscarf

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Source: Fox23News.com http://www.fox23news.com/news/world/story.aspx?content_id=E669B5D6-23AF… On March 30, 2004 Fox23News.com posted an Associated Press article that reported, "The debate over headscarves that divided France has...