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The proposed law prohibits anyone giving or receiving government services from wearing face-covering garments. PHOTO: REUTERS

World

Canada’s Quebec eyes ban on niqab in government offices

by reuters October 20, 2016

Hind Ahmas wears a niqab despite a nationwide ban on the Islamic face veil outside the courts where she arrived with the intention to pay a fine after she was arrested last May for wearing the niqab in public, in Meaux, east of Paris. PHOTO: REUTERS

World

Norway seeks ban on burqas in the classroom

by afp October 6, 2016

The law bans clothing that partially or completely covers the face, referring to the burqa or the more common niqab. PHOTO: REUTERS

World

Bulgaria bans full-face Islamic veil

by afp September 30, 2016

Burqa ban just a ‘proposal’, Sri Lanka says after criticism from allies

World

Swiss parliament approves step towards burqa ban

by afp September 27, 2016

Kurram clerics ban women from visiting markets

World

Egyptian MP backs burqa ban, terms garment ‘un-Islamic’

by News Desk September 23, 2016

PHOTO: AFP

World

UK police force considers allowing burqa-clad policewomen

by News Desk September 10, 2016

What is so ‘filthy’ and ‘unnatural’ about reproductive sex, Pakistan?

What is so ‘filthy’ and ‘unnatural’ about reproductive sex, Pakistan?

by dureenanwer September 9, 2016

Liberals in India complain of feeling pressure about their freedom of expression as religious groups flex their muscles PHOTO: Reuters

World

Hindu students go saffron to protest against burqa-clad women

by News Desk September 4, 2016

A woman wears a burqa as she walks on a street in Saint-Denis, near Paris. PHOTO: REUTERS

World

The British want to ban the burqa, poll reveals

by News Desk September 1, 2016

School argues that the student's educational development could not be ensured while her face was fully covered. PHOTO: REUTERS

World

Germany bans Muslim teen from wearing niqab in school

by News Desk August 24, 2016