A decision taken behind closed doors of jewellery markets across Chhattisgarh and Indore has triggered a storm that goes far beyond shop shutters and CCTV cameras, turning into a fierce debate over ...
The Netherlands’ ban on face-covering clothing, including the Islamic burqa and niqab, took effect on Thursday, but authorities say they are unwilling to enforce the controversial law. The new Dutch ...
The incident took place the same day the Taliban claimed they would honor the rights of women The Taliban reportedly shot and killed a woman in Afghanistan on Tuesday for not wearing a burqa. The ...
Iranian woman removes burqa in public to protest Ayatollah Khamenei; bold acts by women become powerful symbols in growing ...
UPJA state president Satya Narayan Seth said similar notices have been displayed at jewellery shops in several districts, ...
Secularism is the religion of contemporary France. And the enforcers of that faith have a new target. “Today … we are confronted by certain Muslim women wearing the burqa, which covers and fully ...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A new Dutch law took effect Thursday banning face-covering clothing — including the burqa and niqab worn by conservative Muslim women — on public transportation, in government ...
Kemi Badenoch today widened a split with one of her most senior MPs as she said a complete ban on burqas was 'not a priority'. The Conservative leader dismissed shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick ...
The burqa, a symbol of Taliban repression of women, remains a common sight in Afghanistan, nearly three years after the hard-line government was ousted by U.S. forces. In Kabul, more than half of the ...
Women wearing a burqa wait for free bread in front of a bakery in Kabul. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP) Afghanistan’s Taliban government has ordered women to cover their faces in public in a return to a ...
When a woman wearing a blue burqa showed up near the Kabul airport three days after the Taliban fled the capital last November, no one gave her a second glance. But heads turned when she marched up to ...