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Switzerland Voters Agree To Outlaw Facial Coverings In "Burqa Ban" Vote
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.
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Hong Kong Protesters Defy Mask Ban As City Grinds To Halt
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.
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Kerala Muslim Education Group Bans Face Veils On Campuses
A Muslim educational group in Kerala has banned its students from covering their faces with clothing on the campuses of its institutions.
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Sri Lanka Bans Face Covering In Public After Easter Sunday Blasts
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.
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Australia's Parliament House Lifts Face Veil Ban
Australia's Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after intervention from the prime minister.
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Ban on riding motorbikes with covered faces in Kanpur
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...
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Switzerland Voters Agree To Outlaw Facial Coverings In "Burqa Ban" Vote
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.
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Hong Kong Protesters Defy Mask Ban As City Grinds To Halt
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.
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Kerala Muslim Education Group Bans Face Veils On Campuses
A Muslim educational group in Kerala has banned its students from covering their faces with clothing on the campuses of its institutions.
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Sri Lanka Bans Face Covering In Public After Easter Sunday Blasts
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.
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Australia's Parliament House Lifts Face Veil Ban
Australia's Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after intervention from the prime minister.
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Ban on riding motorbikes with covered faces in Kanpur
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...
