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Bombay High Court Dismisses Students' Petition Against College's Hijab Ban
- Wednesday June 26, 2024
- India News | Asian News International
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by women students challenging the ban on wearing hijab, niqab, burkha, stole, cap, etc., on campus by a Mumbai college.
- www.ndtv.com
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Kenyan Man Wearing Niqab Unmasked In Women's Chess Tournament
- Sunday April 16, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A young man wearing a niqab and glasses played four rounds of the Nairobi Women's Chess Open before being exposed.
- www.ndtv.com
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Afghan Women Overseas Pose In Colorful Attire In Protest Against Taliban
- Wednesday September 15, 2021
- World News | Reuters
Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and gowns, staging a demonstration in support of country's new Taliban rulers at Kabul University.
- www.ndtv.com
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Women Attending Private Afghan Universities To Wear Niqab, Cover Face: Taliban
- Sunday September 5, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face, the Taliban have ordered, and classes must be segregated by sex -- or at least divided by a curtain.
- www.ndtv.com
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Tunisia PM Bans Niqab In Public Institutions "For Security Reasons"
- Friday July 5, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab face veil in public institutions "for security reasons", an official source told Reuters on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Outrage In Indonesia As Pre-Schoolers March With Gun Replicas
- Tuesday August 21, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An Indonesian kindergarten apologised Monday after images of its pint-sized students marching in niqab veils and carrying cardboard cutouts of assault rifles sparked outrage.
- 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
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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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Saudi Women Will Drive But Face Bumpy Road To Empowerment
- Tuesday March 6, 2018
- World News | AFP
Mervat Bukhari, a force of nature draped head-to-toe in Islamic niqab, braved insults and taunts to become the first Saudi woman to work at a gas station, something unimaginable not long ago.
- www.ndtv.com
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Canada's Quebec Says No Public Services For Those With Face Veils
- Thursday October 19, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Canada's Quebec province Wednesday prohibited government workers and anyone receiving government services from covering their face, in a move critics say unfairly targets Muslim women who wear a niqab veil.
- www.ndtv.com
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UK Man Gets 15-Month Jail For Ripping Off Woman's Veil
- Tuesday July 4, 2017
- World News | Press Trust of India
A 56-year-old man has been jailed for over a year for ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or the full-face veil during an expletive-ridden racist assault at a shopping centre in the UK following the divisive Brexit vote.
- www.ndtv.com
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Man Admits Ripping Off Woman's Niqab In UK
- Tuesday February 7, 2017
- World News | Press Trust of India
A 55-year-old British man today admitted in a UK court to ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or full face veil in a shopping centre and yelling "you are in our country now".
- www.ndtv.com
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The Burkini, The Veil, The Niqab: What French Law Says
- Thursday August 25, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- 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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Bombay High Court Dismisses Students' Petition Against College's Hijab Ban
- Wednesday June 26, 2024
- India News | Asian News International
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by women students challenging the ban on wearing hijab, niqab, burkha, stole, cap, etc., on campus by a Mumbai college.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Kenyan Man Wearing Niqab Unmasked In Women's Chess Tournament
- Sunday April 16, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A young man wearing a niqab and glasses played four rounds of the Nairobi Women's Chess Open before being exposed.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Afghan Women Overseas Pose In Colorful Attire In Protest Against Taliban
- Wednesday September 15, 2021
- World News | Reuters
Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and gowns, staging a demonstration in support of country's new Taliban rulers at Kabul University.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Women Attending Private Afghan Universities To Wear Niqab, Cover Face: Taliban
- Sunday September 5, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face, the Taliban have ordered, and classes must be segregated by sex -- or at least divided by a curtain.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Tunisia PM Bans Niqab In Public Institutions "For Security Reasons"
- Friday July 5, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab face veil in public institutions "for security reasons", an official source told Reuters on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Outrage In Indonesia As Pre-Schoolers March With Gun Replicas
- Tuesday August 21, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An Indonesian kindergarten apologised Monday after images of its pint-sized students marching in niqab veils and carrying cardboard cutouts of assault rifles sparked outrage.
- www.ndtv.com
-
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
-
Saudi Women Will Drive But Face Bumpy Road To Empowerment
- Tuesday March 6, 2018
- World News | AFP
Mervat Bukhari, a force of nature draped head-to-toe in Islamic niqab, braved insults and taunts to become the first Saudi woman to work at a gas station, something unimaginable not long ago.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Canada's Quebec Says No Public Services For Those With Face Veils
- Thursday October 19, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Canada's Quebec province Wednesday prohibited government workers and anyone receiving government services from covering their face, in a move critics say unfairly targets Muslim women who wear a niqab veil.
- www.ndtv.com
-
UK Man Gets 15-Month Jail For Ripping Off Woman's Veil
- Tuesday July 4, 2017
- World News | Press Trust of India
A 56-year-old man has been jailed for over a year for ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or the full-face veil during an expletive-ridden racist assault at a shopping centre in the UK following the divisive Brexit vote.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Man Admits Ripping Off Woman's Niqab In UK
- Tuesday February 7, 2017
- World News | Press Trust of India
A 55-year-old British man today admitted in a UK court to ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or full face veil in a shopping centre and yelling "you are in our country now".
- www.ndtv.com
-
The Burkini, The Veil, The Niqab: What French Law Says
- Thursday August 25, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- 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