Ban On Face Covering

Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed a ban on full face coverings in public places -- a decision hailed by supporters as a move against radical Islam but branded sexist and racist by opponents.

Masked pro-democracy protesters marched through Hong Kong in defiance of a ban on face coverings as much of the city ground to a halt on Saturday, with the subway suspended and many shops shuttered following another night of violence.

A Muslim educational group in Kerala has banned its students from covering their faces with clothing on the campuses of its institutions.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday announced a ban on face covering, a week after terrorists carried out coordinated suicide bombings that killed 253 people.

Australia's Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after intervention from the prime minister.

Keeping in view the increasing incidents of chain snatching in the industrial city, the administration has put a ban on riding motorbikes with faces covered.The ban was ordered following a large number of chain snatching incidents in the city involving speeding bikers with covered faces, SP (Rural) Lal Bahadur said.All the police stations in the ci...

Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed a ban on full face coverings in public places -- a decision hailed by supporters as a move against radical Islam but branded sexist and racist by opponents.

Masked pro-democracy protesters marched through Hong Kong in defiance of a ban on face coverings as much of the city ground to a halt on Saturday, with the subway suspended and many shops shuttered following another night of violence.

A Muslim educational group in Kerala has banned its students from covering their faces with clothing on the campuses of its institutions.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday announced a ban on face covering, a week after terrorists carried out coordinated suicide bombings that killed 253 people.

Australia's Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after intervention from the prime minister.

Keeping in view the increasing incidents of chain snatching in the industrial city, the administration has put a ban on riding motorbikes with faces covered.The ban was ordered following a large number of chain snatching incidents in the city involving speeding bikers with covered faces, SP (Rural) Lal Bahadur said.All the police stations in the ci...