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WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 3, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- France has denied citizenship to a man because he allegedly forced his wife to wear a full Islamic veil, the French immigration minister said in a statement Wednesday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jan 26, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- French lawmakers called Tuesday for a ban on the burqa -- the full Islamic veil worn by some Muslim women -- in hospitals and schools, and on public transport... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Dec 21, 2006 @ 4:10pm mrmdc

Times Online -- A man who was being hunted for the murder of a policewoman is understood to have escaped from Britain by disguising himself as a veiled Muslim woman... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Feb 4, 2010 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- As France moves closer to a partial ban on the burqa, a leading European lawmaker declared Wednesday that the full Muslim veil is a symbol of political Islam and has no place in Europe... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Oct 14, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- A recent declaration by a leading Egyptian cleric that women will not be allowed to wear the niqab in university areas frequented only by women has sparked demonstrations by female students in Cairo determined to wear the all-encompassing veil wherever they go... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Tue Dec 12, 2006 @ 11:08am neoform

Time -- A long-awaited report paints a devastating picture that shows the plight of Arab women extends far beyond debates over the veil... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Wed Nov 22, 2006 @ 8:41am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Across Europe, the campaign against the veil now has an established pattern; and it has nothing to do with integration.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 5:03pm neoform

The Australian -- THREE in five Britons believe that veils are a "visible statement of separation" but nearly 80 per cent say Muslim women have the right to wear them, according to a poll today... Read More