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Kyrgyzstan: Hijab Row as New School Year Begins Print E-mail
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Sunday, 16 November 2008
Headscarf dispute pits secular school system against demands to respect religious freedoms.
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Headscarf Ban Remains Live Issue in Central Asia Print E-mail
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Sunday, 16 November 2008
Linking hijab controversy to fears of Islamic extremism may be counter-productive.
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HC of UK calls on President Zardari Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008
ISLAMABAD: High Commissioner of United Kingdom Robert Edward Brinkley called on President Asif Ali Zardari here at the President House.
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Behind the veil Print E-mail
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Monday, 01 September 2008
A woman swathed in black to her ankles, wearing a headscarf or a full chador, walks down a European or North American street, surrounded by other women in halter tops, miniskirts and short shorts. She passes under immense billboards on which other women swoon in sexual ecstasy, cavort in lingerie or simply stretch out languorously, almost fully naked. Could this image be any more iconic of the discomfort the West has with the social mores of Islam, and vice versa?
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Muslim girl had her headscarf pulled off Print E-mail
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Sunday, 17 August 2008
Family abused in racial assault.An Asian girl had her headscarf pulled off by a group of girls during a racial attack in a park, police said.
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New book: The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore, and Politics Print E-mail
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Saturday, 09 August 2008


For some people today, the veil has become a symbol of terrorist tyranny. For many feminists, veiling is synonymous with the oppression of women

A cartoon in the Boston Herald in 2002 showed the Statue of Liberty swathed head-to-toe in a burka. Underneath were the words: “Muslim fanatic terrorists struck at the Statue of Liberty last night”. For some people today, the veil has become a symbol of terrorist tyranny. For many feminists, veiling is synonymous with the oppression of women. What women in Muslim societies need are American liberties, the story goes. If they don't willingly embrace “bikinis and boobs”, they can be bombed into submission.
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Swiss info: Court rules veil is no obstacle to citizenship Print E-mail
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Friday, 07 March 2008
Swiss info

The Federal Tribunal said the veil was an expression of religious belief and protected under the constitution Image caption: The Federal Tribunal said the veil was an expression of religious belief and protected under the constitution (Keystone)

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Asian Image: 'Take your bloody veil off' Print E-mail
Niqab Issue
Thursday, 08 November 2007
Asian Image

A Muslim woman says she is scared to venture out after being ordered to take off her veil in a terrifying ordeal.

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The Daily Telegraph: Cherie Blair: my doubts about the Muslim veil Print E-mail
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Thursday, 01 November 2007
The Daily Telegraph

By Laura Clout


Cherie Blair has questioned whether the full-face veil restricted Muslim women from being "people in their own right".

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Daily Mail: Muslim pupils won't face outright ban on wearing the veil Print E-mail
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Saturday, 06 October 2007
By LAURA CLARK
Daily Mail

Headmaster's decision: Schools will still have to decide on whether to ban the full veil

Veils will not be banned in schools, ministers have decided. Guidelines issued by the Government yesterday state that heads 'may be justified' in outlawing religious dress that covers pupils' faces.
But ministers stopped short of issuing an outright ban on full-face Islamic veils, saying it was up to schools to decide uniform policy for themselves.
The guidance led to accusations that the Government had only confused the issue and left heads 'walking a tightrope'
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