Source: The Guardian A sign at Ponchettes beach in Nice shows the law forbidding the wearing of clothing such as the burkini. Photograph: Jean Christophe Magnenet/AFP/Getty By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris […]
Source: BBC Police Scotland has announced women from Muslim communities may now wear the hijab as part of their uniform. It is part of an attempt to encourage Muslim women […]
Source: DW A student in the German town of Osnabrück won’t be allowed to wear her veil to class. The decision comes at a time of heated discussion concerning a […]
We, in the Muslim Times, are building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for PM Justin Trudeau, given his dedication to all minority groups and human rights for every […]
Source: The Guardian By William Hutton, who has written a weekly column for more than 15 years: six years at the Guardian and nine years at the Observer. He is principal […]
Angela Merkel says burqa incompatible with integration in society for Muslim women German leader stops short of calling for a ban on full Muslim face veil but says a balance […]
Source: Reuters By Caroline Copley and Michelle Martin | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have agreed that women should be banned from wearing the face veil in schools and universities and while driving, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Friday. The move follows an influx last year of […]
Source: Reuters By Geert De Clercq | PARIS Ten Muslim women wearing burkinis to the beach have been apprehended by police in the southern French city of Cannes in the […]
Source: Associated Press By ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS (AP) — Male officials are dictating what women can wear on French beaches — and people across a wide swath of French society […]
Source: The Guardian Three French Mediterranean towns have banned the burkini. Photograph: Reuters BY Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Political rows over Muslim women’s clothing have weighed on French politics for more […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post There’s a full-fledged political debate going on in France over, well, proper swimming attire. On Sunday, a small town on the island of Corsica became the third city in France to outlaw burkinis, a form of modest swimwear worn by […]
Source: The Daily Beast By Christopher Dickey The ban in Cannes of the Muslim bathing suit known as a ‘burqini’ was intended as a statement of secularism. In fact, it’ […]
Source: The Atlantic By YASMEEN SERHAN When Smile13 announced its plans to host an all-women’s “Burqini Day” at the privately owned Speedwater waterpark in Marseille, the French women’s group probably didn’t […]
Source: Yahoo News Nice (France) (AFP) – The French resort of Cannes won court backing for its “burkini ban” on Saturday as a judge refused to overturn its decision to […]
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Source: The Guardian Agence-France Presse The mayor of Cannes has banned the wearing of burqinis on the beaches of the French Riviera resort famous for its annual film festival. Mayor […]
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston (RNS) Something you won’t see in sun-worshipping, skin-baring Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 Olympics continue: women covering their heads on the basketball […]
Source: BBC Germany’s interior minister will back plans to ban the burka as part of a raft of anti-terror measures, local media say. Thomas de Maiziere also proposes deporting criminals […]
Source: Aljazeera A waterpark near the French city of Marseille has cancelled plans to host a one-day private event for Muslim women wearing burkinis, full-body swimsuits. Waterpark officials and French […]
Source: Time By Sean Gregory / Rio de Janeiro Were you hoping Donald Trump was watching? “Who?” Ibtihaj Muhammad, the American fencer who had just lost to Cecilia Berder, of France, in the round of 16 at the women’s individual saber event in Rio, coyly replied with a smile. Her dream […]