In Orlando, A ‘Modest Fashion’ Boutique For Hijabi Women
Source: NPR At one end of Orlando’s Fashion Square mall, between a karate store and a comic book emporium, is a clothing boutique called Verona. It’s stocked with long-sleeved caftans, […]
Muslims can wear headscarves for Alabama IDs. A Christian woman sues so she can, too.
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer When Yvonne Allen went to renew her driver’s license, she wasn’t expecting to discuss the Bible. But she soon found herself trying to […]
Christian Claims She Was Forced To Remove Headscarf For Driver’s License Photo
Huff Post: by Jonathan Stempel — Yvonne Allen says her Christian faith compels her to cover her hair in public. The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing Alabama county officials of violating a Christian woman’s religious rights by forcing her to remove her headscarf before taking […]
British public overwhelmingly support banning the Islamic burqa by two to one
Source: Independent By Jon Stone The British public want to ban Muslim women from wearing the Islamic veil or burqa by an overwhelming margin of more than two-to-one, a poll has […]
How Media Coverage Effects My Life As A Muslim American
Source: Huffington Post By Sarene Alsharif, MPH; Nutritionist, mom and loving wife trying to make a positive impact in this world. My life is normal. I like to believe I […]
The Burkini Ban, Women’s Rights, & Prophet Muhammad’s Way
Source: Muftah By Qasim Rashid After intense international pressure, France’s highest court overturned the “Burkini” ban on Friday, August 26, 2016. Before the move, over a dozen French cities had banned the burkini. Most recently, armed officers forced a Muslim woman to dress down under threat of pepper spray and arrest, […]
BURKINI, FRANCE, GOD, MAN, POWER
Source: Times of Israel By Simone Klugman This summer the burkini (a bathing costume which covers all of a woman’s body except for the face) made a brief appearance on […]
They have no right to tell women what to wear on the streets or at the beach
Source: Times of Israel By Melanie Lindman Burkinis may be a contentious issue on French beaches following an attempt in 30 coastal towns to ban the full-cover “Islamic” bathing suit […]
Israel Joins Bikini Fray, Ordering Concert Singer to Cover Up
Source: The New York Times By PETER BAKER TEL AVIV — Even as France has started an international debate about whether some women cover up too much on the beach, […]
Germany Is Latest Country To Propose Burqa Ban
Source: NPR France, Bulgaria, Belgium and the Netherlands all have different kinds of bans on wearing burqas in public. NPR’s Scott Simon talks to German journalist Janek Schmidt about the proposal. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A French court has ruled that officials cannot prohibit women from wearing burqinis. That’s the full-body […]
Former U.S. Counterterrorism Chief Criticizes French Burkini Ban
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Michael Leiter, former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, saidFrench bans on full-body burkini swimsuits will cause a division in the country, making it more […]
French mayors refuse to lift burkini ban despite court ruling
Source: The Guardian A woman wears a burkini on the beach in Marseille, France. Photograph: Reuters Angelique Chrisafis in Paris A majority of mayors who have banned burkinis in about 30 French coastal resorts are refusing to lift the restrictions despite the country’s highest administrative court ruling that the bans […]
Vast majority of Germans in favour of burqa ban
Source: The Local A survey found that the vast majority of respondents were in favour of Germany passing a ban on the full-body veil sometimes worn by Muslim women. Teachers’ […]
France’s highest court suspends burkini ban in test case
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis Suspension concerns single ban in southern town but is likely to set precedent for other places that prohibited full-body swimwear France’s highest administrative court […]
This Man Is Paying The Fines For Women Ticketed Under France’s Burkini Ban
Source: Huffington Post By Willa Frej, who is a reporter at The Huffington Post based in New York. Fluent in French and proficient in Spanish and Arabic, she focuses on […]
Factbox: Troubled Europe debates burqas, niqabs and burkinis
Source: Reuters Restrictions on face and full-body veils are back in the spotlight in parts of Europe after some French cities banned the burkini swimsuit, saying the garment, which leaves […]
French burkini bans face legal challenge as tension mounts
Source: Associated Press By PHILIPPE SOTTO PARIS (AP) — France’s highest administrative authority is studying whether local bans on full-body burkini swimsuits are legal, amid growing concerns in the country […]
Sarkozy calls burkinis a ‘provocation’ that supports radical Islam
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and Martin Farrer French presidential hopeful earns sharp rebuke from burkini designer Aheda Zanetti, who says French don’t understand her creation The […]
Muslim YouTuber Spells Out Exactly Why France’s Burkini Ban Is So Problematic
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor British YouTuber Dina Torkia had a few choice words about the temporary “Burkini bans” that have swept through several French cities in […]
Ban the Burqa, Not the Burkini
Source: Newsmax By Daniel Pipes, who has taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, the U.S. Naval War College, and Pepperdine University. Pipes is the author of 12 books […]