Tag: Niqab
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Italy to become next European country to ban burka after government report recommends forbidding it in public
Italy is set to become the next European country to ban the burka after a government report ruled in favour of the proposed legislation. MPs from ... -
Women Protest the Subjugation of Veiled Muslim Women Under French Secularism
London 25th September 2010 – Women from across London converged today at a protest outside the French embassy to voice their strong opposition to the divisive ... -
Protest Letter to the French Ambassador on the French vote to criminalise Muslim women wearing the veil in Public Places
French Embassy 58, Knightsbridge London SW1X 7JT 25th September 2010 Re: French Ban of Islamic Face Veils from Public Spaces Dear Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne We write ... -
Demonstration: Women Protest Against French Government’s Subjugation of Veiled Muslim Women
London, 22nd September 2010 – Hundreds of women from across the UK will gather outside the French Embassy in London on Saturday 25th September to protest ... -
Protest Against French Niqab Ban – Sat 25th Sept 2010 [Women Only]
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French Face Veil Ban Highlights The Failings Of Secular Liberalism
On Tuesday 14th September, the French Senate voted overwhelmingly (246-1) in support of a nationwide ban of burqas and face veils from all public spaces. Once ... -
HT’s Dr Nazreen challenges Philip Hollobone MP, burqa ban supporter, to debate women’s oppression
Hizb ut-Tahrir’s Dr Nazreen challenges Philip Hollobone MP, supporter of UK burqa ban, to a real debate on women’s oppression London UK, 27th July 2010 – ... -
Letter challenging Philip Hollobone MP to debate on his calls for UK burqa ban
Philip Hollobone MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA 26 July 2010 Re: Your Calls for a Burqa Ban in the UK Dear Mr Hollobone, I ... -
France: Banning the burqa – a victory for democracy
France’s lower house passed a bill to criminalise the niqab. There were 335 votes for the bill and only one against in the 557-seat National Assembly. ... -
French Cabinet Backs Xenophobic Niqab Ban Bill: Stigmatising Muslims in the Name of Secularism
London, UK, May 21, 2010 – On Wednesday 19th May, Nicolas Sarkozy’s cabinet approved a bill to ban the niqab from public life. If passed by ... -
Criminalising the burqa exposes the failure of democracy to secure minority rights
Belgium’s parliament is drafting legislation to criminalise the niqab after the country’s Justice and Home Affairs Committee unanimously endorsed a ban on the partial or total covering ... -
French proposals on niqab, Religious Apartheid by Secularists
London 28th January 2010 – On Tuesday 26th January, a French cross-party parliamentary committee called for its parliament to pass a resolution denouncing the face veil ... -
Egyptian niqab ban reflects dying throes of a desperate and failing regime
London UK, 4th Jan 2010 – On Sunday 3rd January, the Egyptian Administrative Court, upheld the government’s decision to ban students from wearing the face veil ... -
Sarkozy labels burqa symbol of enslavement but ignores women’s subjugation in secular liberal France
London UK, 26th June 2009 – In a speech to the French parliament last Monday, President Nicolas Sarkozy made clear his views towards the burqa describing ... -
Banning niqab in schools is a step towards increasing state secularisation
A government advice on school dress, including a permission for schools to ban the veil if it is thought to pose a security threat has been ...
