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Alice Weidel and Alexander Gauland (front R) celebrate their nomination as campaign leaders of Germany's right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party for the next German general election, during the party congress at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, western Germany, on April 23, 2017. (Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
August 13, 2017, 9:29 pm
German nationalists pull anti-Islam pig poster
AfD party, polling at 8%, says ostensibly negative campaign image inspires sympathy for piglet; party still running 'bikini not burka' advert
By AP
French bar owner Amar Salhi poses for a picture outside his bar in Sevran, northeast of Paris, April 13, 2017. (AFP/Adam PLOWRIGHT)
April 20, 2017, 10:27 am
How an ‘Islamic’ bar became a French election scandal
Footage showing hostility to women at Jockey Club in Sevan has come to symbolize threat of Muslim culture to society
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
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)
August 26, 2016, 9:54 pm
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
The new Netanyahu government as photographed on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, pixelated by the Behadrey Haredim website (Flash 90)
June 4, 2015, 6:10 am
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
A jihadist woman wielding a Kalashnikov rifle at a training camp near Aleppo, Syria. (screen capture: YouTube)
April 10, 2015, 8:46 pm
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
Illustrative photo of the niqab. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)
October 21, 2014, 4:09 pm
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
Burqa-clad women (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
September 12, 2013, 2:59 am
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
Burqa-clad women (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
From the WebAugust 24, 2013, 11:45 am
Judge orders Muslim woman to remove burka during court appearance
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
Burqa-clad women (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
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
Women wearing burkas. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/FLASH90)
February 4, 2013, 2:41 am
Fatwa causes outrage on Twitter
Saudi cleric posits that baby girls should wear the Islamic headscarf to prevent sexual assault
By Michal Shmulovich
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)
January 3, 2013, 3:05 am
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
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