Showing posts with label Burqa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Burqa. Show all posts
Monday, March 08, 2021

Swiss Voters Approve Burka Ban

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SwissInfo reports that voters in Switzerland yesterday approved, by a narrow majority, a constitutional amendment that would ban wearing of...
Sunday, April 07, 2019

Clearing A Courtroom OK'd For Testimony By Muslim Woman With Uncovered Face

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In  Copper v. Superintendent of Sci-Greene , 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59150 (ED PA, April 2, 2019), a Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge re...
Friday, June 29, 2018

Temporary Injunction Issued Against Quebec's Anti-Niqab Law

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In the Canadian province of Quebec yesterday, a trial court again blocked the province's anti-niqab law from taking effect.  The law ban...
Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Suit Challenges Quebec's New Anti-Niqab Law

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As announced by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, a suit was filed in a Quebec Superior Court yesterday challenging the constitutio...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Quebec Enacts New Religious Neutrality Law

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In Canada in Wednesday, Quebec's National Assembly passed Bill 62 ( full text ) which is designed to assure that those providing governm...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Morocco Implementing Burqa Ban

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According to UPI , in Morocco this week the government began to give notices to businesses that they must stop making and selling burqas. Go...
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Merkel Calls For Burqa Ban In Germany

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The Los Angeles Times reports that yesterday German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a ban in Germany on the burqa and niqab that fully...
Thursday, December 01, 2016

Australian Judge Says Muslim Plaintiff Cannot Testify Without Removing Veil

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Australia's Daily Telegraph reported yesterday that a trial court judge in the Australian state of New South Wales has ruled that a Mus...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Donald Trump On the Ayatollah and Middle Eastern Muslim Women

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CBS News reports that Donald Trump, at a campaign rally on Monday, continued his unconventional rhetoric, this time in connection with the ...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Canadian Court Invalidates No-Veil Policy In Taking Citizenship Oath

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According to yesterday's  Regina Leader-Post , a Canadian Federal Court has struck down the Canadian government's policy of requirin...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Paris Opera House Bans Wearing of Niqab

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France's 2010 ban on wearing of the full-face veil ( niqab ) in public places gained new attention this month when on Oct. 3 a tourist ...
Tuesday, July 01, 2014

European Court Upholds France's Ban Wearing Burqa In Public

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The European Court of Human Rights today, in a Grand Chamber judgment, upheld France's ban on Muslim women wearing the full-face veil in...
Thursday, January 09, 2014

French Court Fines Muslim Woman For Wearing Niqab In Public

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In France yesterday, a court in Versailles dismissed a constitutional challenge to France's 2010 law prohibiting women from wearing the...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

European Court Hears Arguments In French Burqa Ban Challenge

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Yesterday, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights heard oral arguments ( video of full arguments ) in  S.A.S. v. France, (...