Topic: burkas

October 21, 2014
4:09 pm

Illustrative photo of the Niqab (Photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Muslim woman thrown out of Paris opera for wearing veil

Cast refuses to continue performance unless woman removes niqab or leaves theater

By Tamar Pileggi

September 12, 2013
2:59 am

Burka-clad women (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

German court rules Muslim girl must attend swim class

13-year-old argued that sight of bare-chested male students breached her religious modesty

By AP

August 24, 2013
11:45 am

Burka-clad women (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Judge orders Muslim woman to remove burka during court appearance

From the web Daily Mail: London arbitrator says 21-year-old must take off head covering before entering a plea — but woman refuses, saying it would offend her religious beliefs

July 20, 2013
3:52 pm

Burka-clad women (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

5 injured in clashes at burka riot outside Paris

Violence erupts after man tries to strangle policeman who ticketed his wife for wearing the Muslim veil

By Nicolas Garriga and Angela Charlton

February 4, 2013
2:41 am

Women wearing burkas. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/FLASH90)

Fatwa causes outrage on Twitter

Saudi cleric posits that baby girls should wear the Islamic headscarf to prevent sexual assault

By Michal Shmulovich

January 3, 2013
3:05 am

Karen Allali of the Jewish Guides and Scouts of France and Jean-Charles Zerbib (far right), an official of the Unified Jewish Social Fund, speak in Marseille, where Jewish groups are struggling to absorb cutbacks in government funding. (Cnaan Liphshiz via JTA)

French Jews pay a price for government effort to curb extremism

Attempts to cut off funding to radical Muslim groups are harming Jewish organizations, while Christian groups haven’t been affected

By Cnaan Liphshiz