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Five years after Taliban takeover, Afghan women remain trapped in deepening rights crisis

The Afghan women who spoke to The Media Line said that words could hardly capture the hardships they have endured in exile, while their loved ones continue to face difficult conditions back home.

 Women wearing burqas pause at the side of a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 26, 2021.
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Portugal's parliament approves far-right party's bill to ban burkas

The burkini is under fire in France.

French court overturns burkini ban on Rivera beaches

 PRIME MINISTER Mette Frederiksen takes part in a news conference on the occasion of Denmark taking over the EU presidency earlier this month. Niqabs ‘are used as mechanisms of oppression toward girls,’ she argues.

Don’t ban the burka in Denmark - opinion


Dutch bus driver calls police on niqab-wearer who refused to get off

The driver reportedly asked the woman several times to remove her veil or get off the bus. When she refused to do so, the driver called the police.

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Amsterdam councilor dons yellow burka for Pride parade

The stunt was in response to a new law by the Dutch government that came into effect last week, which banned the wearing of face-covering garments such as a burka or niqab in public institutions.

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Women protest in response to ban of burka swimsuits in France

What began as a burkini ban within a single resort quickly spread across the rest of the state to country clubs, public and private pools alike.

A WOMAN WEARS a burkini at a beach in Marseille yesterday.

Bar Refaeli appears burka-clad in new advertisements

The supermodel is launching a campaign for fashion brand Hoodies: 'Freedom is Basic.'

Bar Refali's burka advertisement, which ran October, 2018

Denmark set to become next European country to ban burqas

Full and partial face veils such as burqas and niqabs divide opinion across Europe.

A woman who identified herself as Nayet, wearing a burqa, is seen after her release from a police station in Paris April 11, 2011.

Burka ban goes into effect in Austria

"Acceptance and respect of Austrian values are basic conditions for successful cohabitation between the majority Austrian population and people from third countries living in Austria."

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The circumcision dilemma

There is a new awareness of the ideals that underlie Europe’s libertarian societies and the need to defend them.

Rabbi holds boy for circumcision

Purim party, Tel Aviv style

God only knows what connection zombies have with the Jewish people’s vindication back in Persia.

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'Dutch burka ban would only affect 100 women'

"Banning veil might make it more popular,” says Elatik, an Amsterdam-born practicing Muslim of Moroccan descent.

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French court hands down first 'burka ban' fines

Two Muslim women fined for wearing veils in public, pledge to appeal ruling; violators of law liable to fine of up to 150 euros, citizenship lessons.

Arab Muslim veiled hijab nikab niqab mask 311 (R)