Burqa 'ban' rocks Hyderabad college: India

Any reform agenda, on religion part attracts huge reaction, whether it is in France or US.Same is the case here in India, when a college in Hydrabad town imposed abn on Burqa.Reacting to the ban girls...

Exploring the Burqa as a Metaphor

"The obsession with burqa, face-veil, niqab, hijab, parda has very little to do with religious beliefs and everything to do with the patriarchal, tribal, feudal mindset and value system," says The Ajoka Theatre...

Ban Racism and not the Burqa

Ban Racism and not the BurqaBindu GurtooSo the French president has gone and done it. In the first presidential address in the French Parliament since 1848, the esteemed President talked about… the Burqa! By declaring, quite theatrically in the parliament that there was no...

President Sarkozy: Fashion Adviser Or Statesman?

The French National Assembly and the Senate do not see eye to eye, in fact the last time they met in one place was 150 years ago. Therefore, for them to meet now has to be serious, and you could say as serious as...

Afghan Girls, Scarred by Acid, Defy Terror, Embracing School

These girls are to be admired.Ir will take time, years, buteventually women should andwill be allowed to live normallives in Afghanistan. "Then the man pulled Shamsia’s burqa from her head and sprayed her face...

Ireland too grey for the burqa

"Women wearing burqas in cold countries risk broken bones from vitamin D deficiency Muslim Women wearing veil  by Colin Gleeson MUSLIM women who wear the burqa in Ireland are at increased risk of pelvic...

Mumbai Gunmen "Arrived with Women"

REPORTS ARE coming out that the ten assassins may have had girlfriends with them an after eye witness claimed to have seen "Smiling Assassin" captured Ajmal Kasab aka Azam Amir Kasav, 21, in a shop in Cama, and...

Burqa a prison--French minister

PARIS-- Women who wear burqas (abayas) live in prison, a French minister said in an interview Wednesday, after a Morrocan woman who wears the head-to-toe Islamic veil was denied french citizenship. "The burqa is a...

Islamabad: Liveblogging the takedown of Jihadi "burqa man"

Xeni had this to say on BoingBoing today:" Security forces in Islamabad, Pakistan arrested the leader of a radical mosque after a bloody standoff -- the man was trying to escape the siege disguised in a burqa,...

Dutch consider prohibition of Muslim veil - The Washington Times

"THE HAGUE -- The Dutch government announced plans yesterday for legislation banning full-length veils in public places and other clothing that covers the face -- putting the Netherlands at the forefront of a...

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Dutch to ban wearing of Muslim burqa in public (Reuters)

" AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government agreed on Friday a total ban on the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public, justifying the move on security grounds. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk will now draw up legislation which will result in the...

Dutch government backs burqa ban

"The Dutch cabinet has backed a proposal by the country's immigration minister to ban Muslim women from wearing the burqa in public places."

Coulter Cartoon Offends Burqa Fans

"The comic strip below has been censored by the International Herald Tribune (click it to enlarge).[see article]According to Judy Burt, IHT's Deputy Features Editor, "We know the name of this comic is 'Non Sequitur.' Nevertheless, we felt it was obscure to many of our...

Love in time of terror costs him

"Love, and not terror, was on the mind of a burqa -clad man from Navsari, who was mistaken for a spy and caught by Sahar police at Mumbai’s international airport on Thursday night. Ilyas Mohammed Kagzi, 33, was on a mission to woo his girlfriend through her elder sister....

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