AFP/The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 21 September 2018 The government of St Gallen says the proposed ‘burqa vote’ is unnecessary. File photo: Patrick Denker A second Swiss canton will vote Sunday […]
Tourists in Annecy have been told that France banned veils back in 2011. Photo: AFP Swiss tourists warned of French burqa ban Published: 23 Jul 2015 11:11 GMT+02:00 Police in […]
A French teenager has attempted suicide after reportedly being assaulted by skinheads for wearing the Muslim veil. The 16-year-old jumped from the fourth floor of her apartment building outside Paris […]
By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, September 28, 3:25 PM GENEVA — Swiss lawmakers have rejected a proposal to ban face-covering veils, such as the burqa worn by some Muslim women, […]
Reuters: AMSTERDAM: The Dutch minority government plans to ban Muslim face veils such as burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face from next year. The ban would make […]
Aakanksha Gupta, a 16-year-old Indian girl who studies in Class 11 in Pathways School, Noida, wrote the letter as part of an essay-writing competition to French president Nicolas Sarkozy, criticising the burqa ban in his country. It was sent to the French premier, who decided to meet her to discuss the issue in detail. The contest required […]