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28-Year-Old Woman Becomes First To Be Fined In Denmark For Wearing Niqab
- Saturday August 4, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new controversial law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported.
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Denmark Bans Burqa, Niqab In Public Spaces
- Thursday May 31, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Danish parliament on Thursday passed a law banning the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces, becoming the latest European country to do so.
- www.ndtv.com
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Austrian 'Burqa Ban' Confuses Police - And Sharks
- Tuesday October 10, 2017
- Offbeat | Agence France-Presse
Barely a week ago, Austria put in place a new law banning burqa (full Islamic veil) and any face-concealing item in public. But the controversial new law is already causing some confusion. A victim of that confusion was a man dressed like a shark
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Judge Denies Hearing Woman's Evidence Until She Takes Off Veil
- Friday December 2, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
A judge in Australia has denied to hear evidence from the wife of an Islamic extremist after she refused to remove the veil of her burqa despite being offered alternative options.
- www.ndtv.com
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Norway Seeks Ban On Burqas In The Classroom
- Thursday October 6, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Norway's right-wing government on Wednesday announced plans to ban the full-face Islamic veil from classrooms and university lecture halls.
- www.ndtv.com
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Arabs Flee Gulf Heat For Alpine Idyll, Despite Talk Of Veil Ban
- Wednesday September 14, 2016
- World News | Reuters
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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Overwhelming Majority Of Britons Favour Banning Burqa: Poll
- Thursday September 1, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
Britons favour banning of the Islamic veil or burqa by an overwhelming majority of more than two-to-one, a recent UK poll, commissioned in the aftermath of banning of burkini swimwear on a number of French beaches, has found.
- www.ndtv.com
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Wealthy Businessman Says He's Paid $278,000 In Burqa Ban Fines
- Wednesday August 24, 2016
- World News | Adam Taylor, The Washington Post
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Woman Allegedly Kicked Out Of US Store For Wearing 'Niqab'
- Thursday August 4, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
A 32-year-old Muslim woman has accused a US department store of discrimination after she was asked to leave the retail outlet for wearing the traditional Islamic veil or the 'niqab'.
- www.ndtv.com
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France is Target Of Choice for Jihadists
- Sunday November 15, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pak Islamic Body Says Full Face Veil Not Mandatory for Women
- Tuesday October 20, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
In a significant ruling, a constitutional Islamic body in Pakistan has said that covering of face, hands and feet was not mandatory for women under Islamic laws.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Police Seek Slain Terror Suspect's Widow, Hayat Boumeddiene
- Sunday January 11, 2015
- World News | Associated Press
A young Frenchwoman of North African origin, she opted to wear an Islamic veil, though she said the pious choice of attire cost her a job as a cashier. She has accused the US of killing innocent Muslims, and was photographed wielding a crossbow.
- www.ndtv.com
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Iran Rejects Controversial New Hijab Law
- Saturday January 3, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A draft law that would give greater powers to Iran's police and volunteer militias to enforce women's compulsory wearing of the veil has been ruled unconstitutional, state media reported today.
- www.ndtv.com
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American Woman Stabbed to Death in Abu Dhabi Mall
- Wednesday December 3, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Police in Abu Dhabi are investigating the death of an American woman stabbed in a shopping centre toilet by a suspect wearing a veil, official media reported today.
- www.ndtv.com
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French court upholds controversial burqa ban
- Wednesday January 8, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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28-Year-Old Woman Becomes First To Be Fined In Denmark For Wearing Niqab
- Saturday August 4, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new controversial law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Denmark Bans Burqa, Niqab In Public Spaces
- Thursday May 31, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Danish parliament on Thursday passed a law banning the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces, becoming the latest European country to do so.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Austrian 'Burqa Ban' Confuses Police - And Sharks
- Tuesday October 10, 2017
- Offbeat | Agence France-Presse
Barely a week ago, Austria put in place a new law banning burqa (full Islamic veil) and any face-concealing item in public. But the controversial new law is already causing some confusion. A victim of that confusion was a man dressed like a shark
- www.ndtv.com
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Judge Denies Hearing Woman's Evidence Until She Takes Off Veil
- Friday December 2, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
A judge in Australia has denied to hear evidence from the wife of an Islamic extremist after she refused to remove the veil of her burqa despite being offered alternative options.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Norway Seeks Ban On Burqas In The Classroom
- Thursday October 6, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Norway's right-wing government on Wednesday announced plans to ban the full-face Islamic veil from classrooms and university lecture halls.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Arabs Flee Gulf Heat For Alpine Idyll, Despite Talk Of Veil Ban
- Wednesday September 14, 2016
- World News | Reuters
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Overwhelming Majority Of Britons Favour Banning Burqa: Poll
- Thursday September 1, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
Britons favour banning of the Islamic veil or burqa by an overwhelming majority of more than two-to-one, a recent UK poll, commissioned in the aftermath of banning of burkini swimwear on a number of French beaches, has found.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Wealthy Businessman Says He's Paid $278,000 In Burqa Ban Fines
- Wednesday August 24, 2016
- World News | Adam Taylor, The Washington Post
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Woman Allegedly Kicked Out Of US Store For Wearing 'Niqab'
- Thursday August 4, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
A 32-year-old Muslim woman has accused a US department store of discrimination after she was asked to leave the retail outlet for wearing the traditional Islamic veil or the 'niqab'.
- www.ndtv.com
-
France is Target Of Choice for Jihadists
- Sunday November 15, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Pak Islamic Body Says Full Face Veil Not Mandatory for Women
- Tuesday October 20, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
In a significant ruling, a constitutional Islamic body in Pakistan has said that covering of face, hands and feet was not mandatory for women under Islamic laws.
- www.ndtv.com
-
French Police Seek Slain Terror Suspect's Widow, Hayat Boumeddiene
- Sunday January 11, 2015
- World News | Associated Press
A young Frenchwoman of North African origin, she opted to wear an Islamic veil, though she said the pious choice of attire cost her a job as a cashier. She has accused the US of killing innocent Muslims, and was photographed wielding a crossbow.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Iran Rejects Controversial New Hijab Law
- Saturday January 3, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A draft law that would give greater powers to Iran's police and volunteer militias to enforce women's compulsory wearing of the veil has been ruled unconstitutional, state media reported today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
American Woman Stabbed to Death in Abu Dhabi Mall
- Wednesday December 3, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Police in Abu Dhabi are investigating the death of an American woman stabbed in a shopping centre toilet by a suspect wearing a veil, official media reported today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
French court upholds controversial burqa ban
- Wednesday January 8, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com