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Burqa Ban Comes into Effect in Switzerland
Read More: Donald Trump Named the 2024 Person of the Year Switzerland joins five other European countries in imposing this ban, which includes France and Austria. In March 2021, the anti-burqa ...
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Dutch Jewish leader protests comparisons between burqa ban and the Holocaust
If you want to wear a burka ... Austria, Denmark, France and Belgium have banned such veils in all public spaces. Like the Netherlands, Norway also has a partial ban. JTA has documented Jewish ...
Al Bawaba News1mon
Opinion mixed as Morocco reportedly bans the sale of the burqa
In France, once the colonial power in Morocco, wearing the burqa and niqab in public has been illegal since 2011. It is not clear whether the Muslim-majority north African nation is likely to ...
MercoPress8y
Partial ban on burqa wearing in public sees first green light in Netherlands Parliament
France introduced a ban on women wearing the burqa in 2011, or risk a 150 euro fine, resulting in some 1,500 arrests in the past five years. The European Court of Human Rights in 2014 backed the ...
Mid Day6d
Nitesh Rane’s burqa ban letter draws backlash, state maintains no ban policy
Following Minister Nitesh Rane's letter to the education minister last month, seeking a ban on the burqa in board exams due to concerns about its misuse for smuggling chits and malpractice ...