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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

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In this Nov. 4, 2009 file photo a man passes by a poster of the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) which shows a woman wearing a burqa against a background of a Swiss flag upon which several minarets resemble missiles at the central station in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi,)
September 23, 2018, 10:28 pm
Swiss region overwhelmingly votes for ‘burka ban’
St. Gallen becomes the second part of Switzerland to bar wearing all face-covering garments in public spaces, a move condemned as Islamophobic
By Nina Larson
Illustrative: Women wearing burkas. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
September 21, 2018, 10:09 am
Regional ‘burka ban’ up for vote in Switzerland
St. Gallen expected to follow example of southern canton of Ticino, where 2016 law attempted to ban full face-covering Muslim veil
By Agnès PEDRERO
In this photo dated March 10, 2018, former White House strategist Steve Bannon addresses members of the far right National Front party at the party congress in the northern French city of Lille. (AP Photo)
August 12, 2018, 6:32 pm
Steve Bannon weighs in on UK burqa debate, Boris Johnson
US Republican strategist says ex-foreign secretary will make ‘a great prime minister,’ says far-right activist Tommy Robinson is ‘a force of nature’
By DANICA KIRKA
Then-British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson talks at a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
August 10, 2018, 6:18 pm
Britain in a frenzy over Boris Johnson’s ‘bank robber’ burqa comments
Critics accuse former foreign secretary of seeking attention, encouraging Islamophobia, while many Conservatives support him
By Florence Biedermann
Then-British foreign secretary Boris Johnson (L) and then-British prime minister Theresa May in May 2017. (Thierry Charlier/Pool Photo via AP)
August 9, 2018, 4:08 am
UK’s May says Boris Johnson should apologize over burqa comments
Prime minister contends remarks by former foreign secretary ‘have clearly caused offense’; but Johnson dismisses calls for retraction
By AFP
Then-British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson talks at a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
August 7, 2018, 7:02 pm
UK’s Boris Johnson under fire for denouncing burqas as ‘ridiculous’
Chairman of Conservative Party calls on ex-FM to apologize for saying women wearing Muslim face covering look like ‘letter-boxes’
By AFP
Illustrative: Women wearing niqab exit the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Ritzau Scanpix / Mads Claus Rasmussen)
August 4, 2018, 10:18 am
First woman fined in Denmark for wearing full-face veil
Scuffle breaks out when woman tries to tear niqab from another woman’s face; two charged with disturbing the peace
By AFP and ToI Staff
Veiled women take part in a demonstration against the veil ban on August 1, 2018, the first day of the implementation of the Danish face veil ban, in Copenhagen, Denmark. (AFP/ Ritzau Scanpix / Mads Claus Rasmussen)
August 2, 2018, 12:29 am
Women protest as Danish face veil ban takes effect
Demonstrations take place in Copenhagen, Aarhus with many wearing burqa or niqab in defiance of controversial new rule
By AFP
"Enemies live here. Expel or kill" found graffitied on the wall of a home in the Palestinian village of Urif in the northern West Bank on June 28, 2019. (Urif Municipality)
June 28, 2018, 2:31 pm
Palestinian village targeted in week’s second apparent hate attack
Tires of two cars slashed and Hebrew hate slogan graffitied on walls in Urif two days after dozens of grapevines and fig trees chopped down in neighboring Burqa
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Women wearing niqab exit the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Ritzau Scanpix / Mads Claus Rasmussen)
May 31, 2018, 6:07 pm
Denmark bans Islamic full-face veil in public spaces
Parliament overwhelmingly supports prohibition on niqab, burqa; Amnesty slams move as ‘discriminatory violation of women’s rights’
By Camille BAS-WOHLERT
Illustrative photo of Muslim women wearing burqas (AFP/Torsten Blackwood/File)
February 6, 2018, 7:39 pm
Denmark proposes ban on Islamic full-face veil in public
Justice minister says the niqab and burqa are ‘incompatible with the values ​​in Danish society and disrespectful to the community’
By AFP
Illustrative photo of Muslim women wearing burqas (AFP/Torsten Blackwood/File)
October 19, 2017, 8:49 am
Quebec bans public services for those with face veils
Canadian lawmakers pass legislation obliging citizens to uncover faces in move critics say unfairly targets Muslim women
By AP
Illustrative: In this file photo from June 28, 2014, veiled women attend a speech by preacher Pierre Vogel, in Offenbach, near Frankfurt, Germany. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP,file)
October 10, 2017, 8:07 pm
Shark-suited man reeled in over Austria ‘burqa ban’
After costumed man fined, authorities admit confusion on enforcing new face cover prohibition
By Agencies
An illustrative photo of a woman in a burqa. (iStock/Getty Images)
October 6, 2017, 11:39 pm
Denmark to join European nations in outlawing burqas, niqabs
Ban will not affect other religious headgear such as yarmulkes, turbans
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Muslim women wearing burqas (AFP/Torsten Blackwood/File)
October 1, 2017, 3:21 pm
‘Burqa ban’ law signals rightward political turn in Austria
Law prohibiting full-face coverings takes effect as polls predict victory for anti-migrant parties in October 15 elections
By George Jahn
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