A law banning the burqa, the veil that entirely covering a woman's face except for the eyes, will become effective in Belgium as of 23 July, after it was published in the country's official journal.
UK mother-of-seven Tahira Noor, who has been wearing a burka for 20 years, says it's "100% my choice" and Mr Johnson's comments show a "lack of knowledge". The "majority of the women who wear the ...
Uttarakhand Sanskrit University in Haridwar implements changing rooms for Muslim women students following complaints about their traditional attire, as per a Supreme Court directive. The university's ...
Earlier this year in July, new burqa ban has been enforced in a Swiss canton, with two people already being fined for defying it, the Telegraph had reported. A Swiss woman, who has converted to ...
Any woman who refuses to comply and ignores official warnings to male members of her family could see a male guardian jailed for three days. The Taliban enforced the all-encompassing burka during ...
The older of the two singing sisters, Mashal (also a pseudonym), compares the burka to "'a mobile cage". "It's like a graveyard where the dreams of thousands of women and girls are buried," she says.