Showing posts with label Islamic veil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamic veil. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Muslim Defendant Must Remove Veil to Give Evidence, Jury Hears

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Rebekah Dawson THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Rebekah Dawson appears in court for her trial on witness intimidation charges wearing a full-face v...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

What's It Like Being a Muslim Woman in Scotland Today?

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HERALD SCOTLAND: 'A THREAT", "a foreigner" and "oppressed". Those are the three phrases Scotland's you...
Monday, October 07, 2013

I Was Told I'd Have to Wear a Hijab, I said 'I Don't Think So': Today Programme's First Muslim Presenter on Why She Won't Wear the Veil

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Mishal Husain MAIL ONLINE: Mishal Husain, 40, was told to cover her face by Muslim train passenger / She is the first Muslim to present...
Sunday, September 29, 2013

David Cameron Supports Muslim Veil Ban in Schools and Courts

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THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: David Cameron has promised to support institutions such as schools, courts and immigration centres which ask people t...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Female Face - off: Muslim Veil Ban Finds Public Support in UK

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A British judge who ordered that a woman could not testify in court while wearing a Muslim veil covering her whole face, except her eyes, h...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Burkas Cast a Veil over Us All – So Ban Them

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Cultural values that oppress and diminish women have no place in our society Am I a racist? That’s what I was call...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Islamic Schools Making Girls Wear Veils and Burkas

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Young girls are being forced to wear burkas or full-face veils by Islamic schools in Britain. A number of the reli...

Asking Women to Remove Veil Is Not Racist, Says Former Extremist

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Asking Muslim women to remove their veils is not racist or Islamaphobic, a former extremist who is now a Parliamenta...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Muslim Woman Rebekah Dawson Must Remove Niqab While Giving Evidence, Judge Rules

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A Muslim woman has been given permission to wear a niqab during a criminal trial but must remove it while giving ev...

Fully Veiled Women Hinder Progressive Islam

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THE INDEPENDENT: Toleration is good but not when it prevents fair interrogation and robust argument First a British judge, then dedicat...

No-one Has a Human Right to Hide from Justice behind a Veil

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MAIL ON SUNDAY: Looking back through my cuttings files, I see that my second column after I started writing on this page in December 2001 w...

Jeremy Browne: Ban Muslim Women from Wearing Veils in Schools and Public Places

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THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Britain should consider banning Muslim girls and young women from wearing veils in schools and public places, a Hom...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

New Dark Age Alert! Will Judge Lift Muslim’s Veil of Secrecy?

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THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: A senior judge will come under pressure on Monday not to set a “dangerous” legal precedent by allowing a Muslim def...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Birmingham College U-turns over Ban on Muslim Veils

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A Birmingham college has made a u-turn on its controversial ban on Muslim face veils, just hours before a mass demon...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Filipino Women Teachers Are Banned from Wearing Veils in the Classroom

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MAIL ONLINE: Government bans Muslim teachers from wearing veils in front of pupils / Muslim Office claims so far no complaints have been ...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Islamic Veil Arrest Sparks Violence in Paris Suburb

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FRANCE 24: Around 200 protesters clashed with police in the Paris suburb of Trappes on Friday night following the arrest of a man who alleg...
Monday, October 08, 2012

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Mona Eltahawy on France's Banning of Face Veils POLICYMIC: French Rapper Diam [sic] Converts to Islam and Wears Hijab in Defiance of H...
Thursday, October 04, 2012

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Egypt’s Maria TV Pitches Strict Vision of Islam THE WASHINGTON POST: CAIRO — Maria TV, a new Egyptian channel that solely features veiled ...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

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Egyptian TV Channel Caters to Fully Veiled Women NEW ZEALAND HERALD: The only visible female face in the Cairo-based studio of a new Islam...
Wednesday, June 06, 2012

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Bounty Offered to Report Face Veil A Belgian right-wing politician has offered a financial reward to anyone who would report a woman wearin...