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‘Burqa ban’: $1000 fine in Switzerland for covering faces?
The Swiss government has submitted a draught bill to the parliament that would impose a $1,000 punishment on anybody who violates the country’s ban on facial coverings. Following the vote in the…
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French senate votes to ban hijab for Muslim girls below 18 yrs
Less than a month after voters in Switzerland supported a ban on burqa and the niqab, the French Senate on March 30th voted to ban the hijab (the headscarf that Muslim women wear)…
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Sri Lanka to ban burqas, close over 1,000 Islamic schools
Colombo: 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…
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Swiss mull ‘burqa ban’ in vote centering on security, rights
Geneva: At a time when seemingly everyone in Europe is wearing masks to battle COVID-19, the Swiss go to the polls Sunday to vote on a long-laid proposal to ban face-coverings, both the…
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Sri Lankan parliamentary committee proposes immediate burqa ban
Following the Easter Sunday terror attack that killed over 250 people, a Sri Lankan parliamentary committee on national security has proposed an immediate ban on the burqa. It also proposed suspending the…
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Patna’s women college says no to burqa on campus, imposes fine
BHOPAL: Patna’s prestigious JD Women’s college has imposed a ban on burqa on its campus. In the notice signed by the college, the administration said students should come to college in the prescribed…
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UP college bans entry of girl students wearing burqa
Firozabad: After a clash between two student groups, a college in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh has banned entry of girl students wearing Islamic hijab or burqa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWFLVhKu_YI Justifying the ban, the management…
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Netherlands: Women wearing burqa will have to pay $168 fine
Netherlands, another European country, is all set to impose a burqa ban from August this year. The ban which is officially called the ‘Partial Ban On Face Covering Clothing Act’ comes into…
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Shiv Sena did not demand burqa ban: Sanjay Raut
Clarifying that demand for burqa-ban made in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana was not that of Sena or its chief Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv-Sena-leader Sanjay Raut said, “The burqa-ban was not the…
