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Reason For The Judge’s Decision A Muslim woman in Australia who sought permission to keep her head and face covered while giving evidence at an upcoming trial has been denied her request because the judge said that the jury should not be impeded in its ability to assess her facial expressions to help weigh the veracity of [...] Wearing The Burqa Can Be Empowering, Says Caroline Spelman Caroline Spelman, UK’s Environment Secretary and the second most powerful woman in the Cabinet, has said that wearing the burqa can be dignified and empowering for Muslim women. She claims that her visit to Afghanistan has improved her understanding of why many Muslim women want to wear the [...] UK’s Face Coverings (Regulation) Bill The UK has joined countries such as Belgium, France, Italy, and Spain, in attempting to get a law that will make it illegal to cover one’s face in public. The bill in the UK is a private members’ bill tabled by Conservative member of parliament Philip Hollobone. Called the Face Coverings (Regulation) [...] Anti-Burqa Bill Passes Lower House In France As expected, the 557-seat French National Assembly, the lower house, voted overwhelmingly for the bill to ban full-face veils in public. There were 335 votes for and 1 against. The Socialists and the Greens abstained. The Socialists are said to favor a ban but only in specific places. Before the [...] Council of Europe’s Resolution And Its Implications Just as countries in Europe are rushing one after the other to ban the wearing of full-face veils in public, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has unanimously passed a resolution warning that governments that do so would be denying women “who genuinely and freely desire to do [...] Dispute Over Appropriateness Of Swimwear In Australia, Muslim woman Pakeeza Shaikh has won A$16,000 in compensation and a written apology from Perth’s Adventure World for the discrimination and humiliation she and her friends underwent when they were not allowed to take part in water rides in their religious clothing. The Case Against Perth’s Adventure World Pakeeza Shaikh had complained that the [...] Lawyer Rips Veil Off Shopper In France Although the legislative move towards banning the full-face veil in France is progressing steadily, for one woman at least it is not moving fast enough. Her remarks triggered off a tussle in a clothes store in Trignac, near Nantes, during which she tore off a Muslim woman’s veil. The Incident At [...] Muslim Husband Admits Having Mistresses But Denies It’s Polygamy How true the old saying, “Necessity is the mother of invention”. 35-year old Algerian-born Muslim Frenchman Lies Hebbadj finds himself in the center of a political storm over the issue of polygamy. With French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux and Immigration Minister Eric Besson both threatening to strip Lies Hebbadj of his [...] Calls For Ban On Burqa Intensify One of the arguments against introducing laws to ban the wearing of burqas in public on grounds of security is that the number of cases in which burqa wearers have proved a security threat has been small. Somebody has also pointed out that the burqa is not practical wear for criminals [...] |
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