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UN Committee Slams French "Burqa Ban" For "Violating" Rights
The UN Human Rights Committee on Tuesday criticised France's so-called burqa ban, saying the law "violated" the rights of two women who were fined for wearing full-face veils in public.
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Arabs Flee Gulf Heat For Alpine Idyll, Despite Talk Of Veil Ban
While France's seaside resorts grapple with the clash of cultures posed by Muslim women in "burkinis", a tourist town in the Austrian Alps has grown used to visitors in Islamic dress tip-toeing over its pristine summer snow.
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The Burkini, The Veil, The Niqab: What French Law Says
Burkinis banned on dozens of beaches, no veils in schools, no niqabs in the neighbourhood: in staunchly secular France, the law imposes an array of restrictions on anything denoting religious affiliation.
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Viral Photos Of Woman Surrounded By Cops Add Fuel To French Burkini Debate
An angry debate over a ban on burkinis in France was further stoked today as images of a veiled woman surrounded by police on a beach in Nice went viral.
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Wealthy Businessman Says He's Paid $278,000 In Burqa Ban Fines
For the past five years, the act of wearing an Islamic full-face veil in France's public spaces has been illegal. This means that if you were a Muslim woman and you wore a niqab or a burqa and walked down the street, you ran the risk of a 150 euros ($167) fine.
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France is Target Of Choice for Jihadists
The bloody attacks in Paris show that France is a target of choice for jihadists due to its air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as well as its controversial ban on the burqa face veil and attitude to Muslims, analysts say.
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Cosmopolitan New Afghan First Lady Backs French Veil Ban
Afghanistan's cosmopolitan new first lady has backed France's controversial ban on the niqab, comparing the full veil to "blinders" as she prepares to campaign for more respect for women in her conservative adopted homeland.
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Cosmopolitan New Afghan First Lady Backs French Veil Ban
Afghanistan's cosmopolitan new first lady has backed France's controversial ban on the niqab, comparing the full veil to "blinders" as she prepares to campaign for more respect for women in her conservative adopted homeland.
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Europe Rights Court Upholds French Burqa Ban
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's controversial burqa ban, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom.
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European Rights Court Upholds French Burqa Ban
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's controversial burqa ban, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom.
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French court upholds controversial burqa ban
A French court on Wednesday convicted a young woman for wearing a full-face Islamic veil in public and threw out her bid to have the country's controversial burqa ban declared unconstitutional.
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France reaffirms limits on Muslim headscarves, veils
A French appeals court, ruling in a hotly debated religious rights case, on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a Muslim daycare worker for wearing a headscarf at a creche that demanded strict neutrality from its employees.
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Faith, politics clash over Muslim-run women's gym in France
A pink and orange all-women's gym has become an unlikely focus of a very French row over Muslim integration, secularism and what some view as blatant populism in the run-up to France's municipal elections.
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France stands by veil ban after riots
Interior Minister Manuel Valls defended on Monday France's ban on wearing full-face veils in public places after a police check on a veiled Muslim woman sparked riots in a Paris suburb at the weekend.
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Tight security after French riots sparked over veil ban
France's interior minister said Sunday security forces would remain in place "as long as necessary" after a second night of violence in the Paris suburbs sparked when police stopped a woman for wearing a veil.
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UN Committee Slams French "Burqa Ban" For "Violating" Rights
The UN Human Rights Committee on Tuesday criticised France's so-called burqa ban, saying the law "violated" the rights of two women who were fined for wearing full-face veils in public.
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Arabs Flee Gulf Heat For Alpine Idyll, Despite Talk Of Veil Ban
While France's seaside resorts grapple with the clash of cultures posed by Muslim women in "burkinis", a tourist town in the Austrian Alps has grown used to visitors in Islamic dress tip-toeing over its pristine summer snow.
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The Burkini, The Veil, The Niqab: What French Law Says
Burkinis banned on dozens of beaches, no veils in schools, no niqabs in the neighbourhood: in staunchly secular France, the law imposes an array of restrictions on anything denoting religious affiliation.
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Viral Photos Of Woman Surrounded By Cops Add Fuel To French Burkini Debate
An angry debate over a ban on burkinis in France was further stoked today as images of a veiled woman surrounded by police on a beach in Nice went viral.
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Wealthy Businessman Says He's Paid $278,000 In Burqa Ban Fines
For the past five years, the act of wearing an Islamic full-face veil in France's public spaces has been illegal. This means that if you were a Muslim woman and you wore a niqab or a burqa and walked down the street, you ran the risk of a 150 euros ($167) fine.
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France is Target Of Choice for Jihadists
The bloody attacks in Paris show that France is a target of choice for jihadists due to its air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as well as its controversial ban on the burqa face veil and attitude to Muslims, analysts say.
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Cosmopolitan New Afghan First Lady Backs French Veil Ban
Afghanistan's cosmopolitan new first lady has backed France's controversial ban on the niqab, comparing the full veil to "blinders" as she prepares to campaign for more respect for women in her conservative adopted homeland.
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Cosmopolitan New Afghan First Lady Backs French Veil Ban
Afghanistan's cosmopolitan new first lady has backed France's controversial ban on the niqab, comparing the full veil to "blinders" as she prepares to campaign for more respect for women in her conservative adopted homeland.
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Europe Rights Court Upholds French Burqa Ban
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's controversial burqa ban, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom.
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European Rights Court Upholds French Burqa Ban
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's controversial burqa ban, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom.
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French court upholds controversial burqa ban
A French court on Wednesday convicted a young woman for wearing a full-face Islamic veil in public and threw out her bid to have the country's controversial burqa ban declared unconstitutional.
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France reaffirms limits on Muslim headscarves, veils
A French appeals court, ruling in a hotly debated religious rights case, on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a Muslim daycare worker for wearing a headscarf at a creche that demanded strict neutrality from its employees.
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Faith, politics clash over Muslim-run women's gym in France
A pink and orange all-women's gym has become an unlikely focus of a very French row over Muslim integration, secularism and what some view as blatant populism in the run-up to France's municipal elections.
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France stands by veil ban after riots
Interior Minister Manuel Valls defended on Monday France's ban on wearing full-face veils in public places after a police check on a veiled Muslim woman sparked riots in a Paris suburb at the weekend.
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Tight security after French riots sparked over veil ban
France's interior minister said Sunday security forces would remain in place "as long as necessary" after a second night of violence in the Paris suburbs sparked when police stopped a woman for wearing a veil.
