as in the case of the burqa or niqab". It envisages two-year jail terms and a loss of the right to request citizenship for men who force women to wear the veil. (ANSA).

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However, it may be worn with a separate eye veil. It is worn with an accompanying headscarf. The burka is the most concealing of all Islamic veils. It is a one-piece veil that covers the face and ...

France banned wearing a full face veil in public in 2011 and Denmark ... Switzerland regularly wear the niqab while none wear the burqa.

No symbol is so linked to Muslim women as that of “the veil.” Whether a simple headscarf or a head-to-toe cover such as the chaddor or burka, Muslim women’s covered dress has meaning for many far ...

If you want to wear a burka, you don’t go to Auschwitz ... Advocates maintain that women who choose to wear the veils are merely living according to their traditions. Austria, Denmark, France ...

While the Sri Lankan government’s ban stopped short of naming the niqab, burqa or the hijab, the ban is being seen as a crackdown on the country’s Muslim community and has divided opinion in ...

School and education authorities in Pimpri-Chinchwad say they only wanted to match the Class 10 student’s face with the photo ...

“These symbols of the “counter-society like full veils – such as the Burqa and Niqab – or even where the Koran is distributed by Salafists … these will be banned.” said Kurz. The 35 ...

Measures against the wearing of Islamic veils have already been taken in Belgium, France, Denmark and Spain, among others, with the Netherlands passing its own ban this week. The Swiss government ...