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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 539

burqas

Afghan women hold placards and don burkas as they take part in a protest in Herat on September 2, 2021. (AFP)
September 3, 2021, 6:58 am
Donning burqas as ‘compromise,’ Afghan women plead for daughters’ school rights
Mothers defy Taliban to press for daughters’ continued education, with new leadership in Kabul expected to roll back female access to public sphere
By AFP
A tram passes by campaign posters in favor of the 'burqa ban' initiative reading in German: 'Stop extremism!' on March 3, 2021 in the streets of Zurich, ahead of a nationwide vote on March 7, 2021, by Swiss citizen on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
March 7, 2021, 8:45 pm
Swiss voters okay ban on face coverings in public, including burqas and niqabs
After referendum, authorities have two years to draw up legislation; exceptions expected to be made for COVID face masks
By Geir Moulson
A woman wearing a protective facemask, as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 (the novel coronavirus), walks past a campaign poster, in favour of the 'burqa ban' initiative reading in German: 'Stop extremism!' on March 3, 2021 in the streets of Zurich, ahead of a nationwide vote on March 7, 2021 by Swiss citizen on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
March 5, 2021, 4:03 pm
Swiss mull ‘burqa ban’ in vote centering on security, women’s rights
Long-planned referendum to ban certain face coverings takes on new meaning during time of global pandemic
By Jamey Keaten
Illustrative: Women wearing niqab exit the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Ritzau Scanpix / Mads Claus Rasmussen)
August 16, 2019, 11:15 am
Dutch Jewish leader protests comparisons between burqa ban and the Holocaust
Muslim activist made the claim in a speech while wearing a niqab at a demonstration against the ban on face-covering garment
By JTA
Illustrative photo of Muslim women wearing burqas (AFP/Torsten Blackwood/File)
August 1, 2019, 3:19 pm
Dutch ban on burqas in public places takes effect
Women wearing face-covering veils in schools, hospitals, and on public transportation could now face fines
By AFP
People walk by a poster from the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) depicting a woman wearing a burqa in front of a Swiss flag upon which are minarets which resemble missiles, at the central station in Geneva, Switzerland, November 4, 2009. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone/AP)
July 16, 2019, 1:45 pm
Government restrictions on religion increasing worldwide, survey shows
Biggest rise in limitations during 2007-2017 was in Europe, with clampdowns on religious dress; European Jewish and Muslim groups complain of attempts to criminalize circumcision
By David Crary
Illustrative: In this 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 23, 2018, 11:52 pm
UN rights committee slams French burqa ban as a violation of religious rights
France rejects criticism from panel chaired by Israeli prof., says full-face veils are ‘incompatible with the principle of fraternity’ and democratic values
By Duncan Crawford
Tourists from Saudi Arabia enjoy a ride on a bob sled on the glacier of the Kitzsteinhorn mountain in Kaprun, in the Austrian province of Salzburg, Wednesday, June 10, 2015. (AP Photo/ Kerstin Joensson)
October 4, 2018, 9:46 am
Enforcing Austria’s burqa ban a delicate matter in Alpine resort
Locals in picturesque lakeside town worry high-spending Arab guests could be scared off by law prohibiting Muslim garb
By Jastinder KHERA
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