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WORLD / NEWS Sat Nov 18, 2006 @ 11:33pm neoform

Yahoo News -- The Dutch government agreed on Friday a total ban on the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public, justifying the move on security grounds... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Nov 18, 2006 @ 9:33am neoform

Associated Press -- The Dutch government announced plans Friday for legislation banning full-length veils in public places and other clothing that covers the face - putting the Netherlands at the forefront of a general European hardening toward Muslim minorities... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Nov 13, 2006 @ 3:45pm mrmdc

The Australian -- THE Dutch government has announced that it would seek a way of banning the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public places, possibly becoming the first European country to impose such a ruling... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Oct 25, 2006 @ 12:44am neoform

Adnki -- The row over the wearing of the niqab, the Islamic veil showing eyes only, recently banned in the female dormitories at Cairo University on security grounds, shows no signs of abating. Street protests, debates in local newspapers and on television, added.. Read More