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Swiss ‘burqa ban’ to take effect from January 1. What are the exceptions?
2 months, 1 week ago

Swiss ‘burqa ban’ to take effect from January 1. What are the exceptions?

Hindustan Times  

A controversial Swiss ban on facial coverings in public, referred to as the “burqa ban” will go into effect on January 1, 2025, according to a government statement quoted by Reuters on Wednesday. In September last year, Switzerland's lower house of parliament voted to pass a ban on face coverings, such as the burqas worn by some Muslim women. This …

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Hijab Ban: SC to hear plea challenging a Bombay HC verdict upholding ban on hijabs, burqas
5 months, 1 week ago

Hijab Ban: SC to hear plea challenging a Bombay HC verdict upholding ban on hijabs, burqas

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea challenging a Bombay High Court verdict upholding a Mumbai college’s decision to ban hijabs, burqas and naqabs inside the campus. While Justice Hemant Gupta, since retired, dismissed the appeals challenging the judgment of the Karnataka High Court refusing to lift the ban, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia held there shall be no restriction …

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Hyderabad: Students told to take off burqa before exam in college
1 year, 6 months ago

Hyderabad: Students told to take off burqa before exam in college

Op India  

The staff of the KV Ranga Reddy Degree College for Women in Hyderabad allegedly forbade female students who arrived at an examination centre on Friday donning burqas from taking the exam. Burqa is approved at other colleges, but not here, so we have to take it off.” #WATCH | Telangana | Girl students who appeared for examination at KV Ranga …

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Boris Johnson: Twenty two of the former PM’s biggest gaffes, from letterbox burqas to hiding in fridge
1 year, 11 months ago

Boris Johnson: Twenty two of the former PM’s biggest gaffes, from letterbox burqas to hiding in fridge

The Independent  

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Education, travel and burqas: All the rights women in Afghanistan have lost since the Taliban takeover
2 years, 8 months ago

Education, travel and burqas: All the rights women in Afghanistan have lost since the Taliban takeover

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Research from January found that rights-violating policies imposed by the Taliban since its takeover in August …

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Group on Mangalore Police Radar for Threatening Muslim Girls Against Removing Burqas, Taking Selfie
2 years, 8 months ago

Group on Mangalore Police Radar for Threatening Muslim Girls Against Removing Burqas, Taking Selfie

News 18  

An unregistered organisation called the Muslim Defence Force has come under the scanner in Mangalore for allegedly threatening Muslim girls against taking selfies or being seen with boys without burqas. The Mangalore Police took note of the group’s activities after some Muslim organisations gave representations against the MDF. Mangalore Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar said no FIR has been registered …

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WATCH: Woman Stitches Rs 18 Lakh Gold Beads to Burqas, Nabbed at Hyderabad Airport
2 years, 10 months ago

WATCH: Woman Stitches Rs 18 Lakh Gold Beads to Burqas, Nabbed at Hyderabad Airport

News 18  

In the latest series of incidents of smuggled gold being dug out, the yellow metal worth about ₹18 lakh and weighing 350 grams were seized from a female passenger on Sunday at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad. Customs officials claimed on January 22 that gold worth Rs 1.36 crore was confiscated from a passenger at the airport in Hyderabad. …

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Hijab row: Students wearing burqas protest as Karnataka colleges reopen after a week
2 years, 11 months ago

Hijab row: Students wearing burqas protest as Karnataka colleges reopen after a week

Firstpost  

The high court, in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the hijab row, had restrained students from wearing saffron shawls, scarves, hijab and any religious flag within classrooms Bengaluru: Chaos prevailed on Wednesday in several pre-university colleges in Karnataka, which were opened on Wednesday after remaining shut for a week owing to the hijab row, as …

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As Afghans try to figure out Taliban’s new rules, burqas are barometer of sorts
3 years, 4 months ago

As Afghans try to figure out Taliban’s new rules, burqas are barometer of sorts

LA Times  

In the old days — just over a week ago — the burqa-sellers of Kabul were doing a less-than-booming business. When the Taliban last ruled Afghanistan, a five-year reign that came to a close in 2001, women risked being whipped by Taliban enforcers if they dared venture out without donning a burqa, the full-body, full-face covering whose mesh eyepiece offers …

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Sri Lankan Govt Will Not Rush Through Process to Ban Burqas: Cabinet Spokesman
3 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lankan Govt Will Not Rush Through Process to Ban Burqas: Cabinet Spokesman

News 18  

The Sri Lankan government will not rush through the process to ban burqas and the decision on the issue would be taken after reaching a consensus, a senior minister said on Tuesday. The Cabinet spokesman's remarks came a day after Pakistan's envoy to Colombo Saad Khattak criticised the Sri Lankan government's plan to ban the wearing of burqas in the …

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Sri Lanka to ban burqas, close over 1,000 Islamic schools
3 years, 10 months ago

Sri Lanka to ban burqas, close over 1,000 Islamic schools

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka on Saturday announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security. Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara said he signed a paper on Friday seeking the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers to ban burqas — outer garments that …

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Burqas banned in Dutch government buildings
5 years, 5 months ago

Burqas banned in Dutch government buildings

Dutch News  

A ban on wearing face-covering garments such as a burqa or niqab in government buildings, schools and on public transport comes into effect in the Netherlands on Thursday. The ban has been 13 years in the making and dates back to the time Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam PVV party propped up a minority government formed by Mark Rutte’s VVD and the …

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Burqas banned in Dutch government buildings
5 years, 5 months ago

Burqas banned in Dutch government buildings

Dutch News  

A ban on wearing face-covering garments such as a burqa or niqab in government buildings, schools and on public transport comes into effect in the Netherlands on Thursday. The ban has been 13 years in the making and dates back to the time Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam PVV party propped up a minority government formed by Mark Rutte’s VVD and the …

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Women asked to avoid burqas, kids skip playtime: Sri Lankan Muslims fear for safety
5 years, 8 months ago

Women asked to avoid burqas, kids skip playtime: Sri Lankan Muslims fear for safety

India Today  

There already have been a few incidents that have been reported of Muslims being targeted by mobs. That is the fear most Muslims in Sri Lanka are living with after one of the worst terrorist attack that the country witnessed on Easter Sunday. Razia has not sent her children out to play out of fear that they might fall victim …

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