August 26, 2016
9:54 pm

Tunisian women, one wearing a 'burkini,' a full-body swimsuit designed for Muslim women, swimming at Ghar El Melh beach near Bizerte, northeast of the capital Tunis, August 16, 2016 (AFP/Fethi Belaid)

French Jewish leader: Comparing burkini ban to Holocaust is indecent

Francis Kalifat slams leftwing politician for saying Muslims are being persecuted just as Jews once were

By JTA

June 4, 2015
6:10 am

The new Netanyahu government as photographed on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, pixelated by the Behadrey Haredim website (Flash 90)

They would have blurred Golda Meir’s face, too

The ultra-Orthodox papers’ censorship of women’s faces has been entrenched for decades, experts point out, and hardly represents a shift to radicalization

By Marissa Newman

April 10, 2015
8:46 pm

A jihadist woman wielding a Kalashnikov rifle at a training camp near Aleppo, Syria. (screen capture: YouTube)

Female jihadis train, misfire in new video

Clip features niqab-clad women chanting extremist slogans, firing assault rifles at site of ancient church

By Justin Jalil

October 21, 2014
4:09 pm

Illustrative photo of the niqab. (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

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

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

Topic: burkas