Islamic Woman Burqa

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  At Yogi Adityanath's Rally, Cops Make Woman Remove Burqa

  Minutes before Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was to make an appearance at a rally in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, a bizzare scene played out. Three women police officers were seen standing next a woman wearing a burqa - the outer robe worn in public by women in some Islamic traditions -- gesturing that she should remove it. Promising a...

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  Judge Denies Hearing Woman's Evidence Until She Takes Off Veil

  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.

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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.

• 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.

• Top French court rules sacking over veil 'discriminatory'

  A French Muslim woman who was sacked for wearing the Islamic headscarf at work was unfairly dismissed on the basis of her religion, France's top court ruled on Tuesday.

• Veiled French woman imprisoned for biting police officer

  A French Muslim teenager who was arrested for wearing a full Islamic veil was sent to prison for two months on Thursday after being convicted of biting a policewoman.

• Another Frenchwoman fined for driving wearing niqab

  The French police have fined a woman for driving while wearing an Islamic veil, just weeks after a similar incident sparked a major political row, officials said on Thursday.

• Police fine woman for wearing burqa in Italy

  Italian police fined a Muslim woman for wearing a full Islamic veil in a street in the northern city of Novara, possibly the first such incident in Italy.

• French Muslim minister favours ban on burqa

  A Muslim woman minister from France has sought a "ban" on the veil arguing that it could help stem the spread of radical Islam.