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French President Nicholas Sarkozy announced in front of the French parliament that the Islamic face covering - Niqab - [not to be confused with the veil: Hijab] is a “sign of [women] debasement” that should be outlawed in France.
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France’s Le Monde reports that French police routinely practice racist identity checks.
A scientific study observed French police at Paris’s Gare du Nord...
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Traveling around Western Europe for a month, I often felt that I was walking around an Arab city. Arabic, usually North African dialect, can frequently be heard on the...
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It finally came into open ,while delegating the ban on Burqas’ the garment which Muslim women wear and which covers them from head to toe, is a sign of...
made popular Jun 23 2009
During the student uprisings of May 1968, the Franco-German, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, was known as Danny the Red, but now he is Danny the Green, and he has directed and...
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Secularism is the religion of contemporary France. And the enforcers of that faith have a new target. “Today ... we are confronted by certain Muslim women wearing...
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Do you have a habit of snoring while you are sleeping? Or, are you a person who is suffering from this habit from others? Then, this spot may amuse you.
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French company Veolia has announced that it has decided to end its contract to run a planned Israeli rail network that would connect Jerusalem with illegal Israeli...
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Poor Shorty 5′5″Nicholas Sarkozy is under double pressure, besides being the President for a powerful nation France he is also husband of tall...
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Secularism is the religion of contemporary France. And the enforcers of that faith have a new target. “Today ... we are confronted by certain Muslim women wearing...
made popular Jun 20 2009
France is to make a move to ban veil in public places. It’s aimed at protecting the rights of women forced to efface themselves by covering their bodies entirely....
made popular Jun 19 2009
Muslim extremists have no mercy. They target women and children with no compunction. And as Muslim extremists ratchet up their lust for blood, they’re starting...
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In secular France, it is illegal for hotel owners to turn away women wearing Muslim headscarves but OK to ban those wearing head-to-toe burqas from state-sponsored...
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While Islamic institutions bind women in a burqa, western values confront concealing of women in it as a ‘prison’, which is not dignified for any living human...
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AP, Paris
The case started quietly, when a Muslim woman who sheaths herself in a head-to-toe veil was denied French citizenship because she had not assimilated enough into this...
made popular Jul 16 2008
German designer has introduced to the public for the first time a digitally-enabled burqa that can transmit a photo of the wearer to nearby mobile phones. Markus Kison...
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Burqa is an integral part of Muslim culture. Women who are righteous opt to wear one. Interestingly, women have taken a bold step and glamorized the burqa. Here are...
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The graduation ceremony of Iranian Policewomen demonstrates climbing the walls and other action filled stunts...in Burqa (of course).
a must watch :)
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AP, The Hague
The Dutch Cabinet said Friday it wants to ban burqas from all schools and prevent government employees from wearing the head-to-toe Islamic robes, but said it was...
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As the night falls, women clad themselves from head to toe and set off to their business towards... the ‘red light areas’. This is not a new scene...
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The veil is increasingly becoming a torment in Britain, not for those who wear it, but for the rest.
Even in a secularly tolerant society like Britain, the veil is...
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Muslim women will have to remove their ‘niqabs’ if they want to cast their vote on 26th of this month.
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Who doesn’t want to explore the depths of the sea?
Till now muslim women were deprived of swimming, following their strict dress codes. However, now with the...
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From now, onwards women in burqa would now have to reveal their face in order to disclose their identities at the UK airport.
The immigration officials made such a...
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I guess, Taliban style regime is not far away from now in the Gaza strip.
Recently some anonymous group who personify itself the Just Swords of Islam has come out...
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After the proposal of ban on burqa, more than a dozen women remonstrated outside the Dutch parliament. They wore a niqab, long robes and veils that expose only their...
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Palestinian Abdel Munam Sumarin holds a picture of his late grandfather Abdel Latif Sumarin in the cemetery of the West Bank village of Burqa, near Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. The transformation of one piece of West Bank land from a Palestinian...
