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Afghan women walk past a Taliban fighter along a street in Kabul on September 2, 2021. (Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
September 5, 2021, 6:36 pm
Taliban orders female students to cover up as academic year set to begin
In a new decree, educational institutions in Afghanistan must be segregated by sex, and women must wear a niqab covering most of the face
By Emal Haidary
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
A salesman covers the face of a mannequin with a niqab cafe veil at a women's clothing shop in Kattankudy, Sri Lanka, April 29, 2019. (AP/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
April 29, 2019, 8:49 pm
After attack, Sri Lanka uses emergency law to ban Muslim face coverings
Niqabs, long unheard of in island nation, have become more popular in recent years, but unclear how measure would have thwarted bombings
By Jon Gambrell and GEMUNU AMARSINGHE
Bar Refaeli wearing the niqab in a clothing ad launched on October 30, 2018. (Screenshot: YouTube)
November 1, 2018, 1:16 pm
Ad starring Bar Refaeli in niqab slammed as Islamophobic
Video shows supermodel removing Muslim garb with message ‘Freedom is Basic’; she deletes it from social media amid backlash
By Michael Bachner
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
Saudi authorities arrested an Egyptian hotel worker who appeared in what officials described as an 'offensive' video eating breakfast with a female co-worker (Twitter Screenshot)
September 11, 2018, 12:04 pm
Saudi Arabia arrests Egyptian man for ‘offensive’ shared breakfast with woman
Labor Ministry says the expat is being held after the video spread on social media showing him being fed by a woman in a niqab
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
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
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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