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Switzerland burqa ban law comes into effect 4 years after referendum nod
02 Jan 2025 12:55 GMT
… made no mention of Muslims or Islam and largely focused on … German), only five per cent of Switzerland’s population is Muslim … burqa and only 30 women across the country wear the niqab … After the ban was imposed Muslim community and human rights organisations …
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Integrate? Europe’s Muslims are damned if we do and damned if we don’t
02 Jan 2025 07:12 GMT
… societies and Muslim women, especially those who wear the hijab, are victims … discovered when researching the recent Islamophobic frenzy in the Netherlands after … Shaza Alrihawi, who lives in Germany, tells me.
As a new …
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Swiss ‘burqa ban’ comes into effect: Why did the country ban face coverings
01 Jan 2025 13:56 GMT
… including the burka and niqab worn by Muslim women. Results showed the … the plan did not mention Islam directly and also called for … was widely seen as the “burqa ban”. The Swiss government, … the University of Lucerne (in German), almost no-one in Switzerland …
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Alexander Ben Zvi: An Israeli diplomat’s 2025 predictions
31 Dec 2024 14:02 GMT
… of Russia’s predominantly Muslim republic of Dagestan—where … from the rock-throwing Muslims, who roamed the airport … s also antisemitism.”
Muslim woman wearing a hijab purchases fruit from … Jews in England, France, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands. …
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“Atheist” History of Israel – Part 3/3
30 Dec 2024 19:42 GMT
… future after death. Christianity and Islam have instead created Paradises … now reinforced by that of Islam in particular since the … of French and German origin. This evolution in Germany gave birth … resorting to magical thinking to veil their faces by having …
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Ignoring warnings, tourists are heading to a former no-go country
30 Dec 2024 18:22 GMT
… this month by the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan … their hair with a head scarf. They are not required … she was considering buying a headscarf to better adhere to … Russia, Ireland, Poland, Canada, Taiwan, Germany, France, Pakistan, Estonia, Sweden and …
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'We refuse to be repressed': How world rallied against oppression and injustice in 2024
30 Dec 2024 15:52 GMT
… Feb 24, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo/Getty Images) … 16, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.
Vladimir Putin has been the … by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, a report by news … some without wearing their mandatory Islamic headscarves, walk in downtown Tehran, …
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2024 was a year of anti-Palestinian censorship and active art rebellion
30 Dec 2024 15:34 GMT
… who lectured at the Islamic University of Gaza.
We … for outstanding artistic achievement by Germany’s Goethe Institut, in … protest of the German government’s complicity in … employees for wearing Palestinian keffiyeh scarves.
Earlier this month, artist …
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Why Taliban has banned windows overlooking women’s spaces
30 Dec 2024 08:44 GMT
… measures, the administration maintains that Islamic law “guarantees” the rights of … that women veil themselves before all male strangers, including Muslims, and all … : Taliban
In September, Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands announced legal …
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How feminism, not Bollywood, drew global audiences to Indian cinema in 2024
29 Dec 2024 01:58 GMT
… the scrutiny of interfaith Hindu-Muslim relationships as seen with the … a train because of their veils. It offers a sharp commentary … companies across the UK, India, Germany and France.
The film is …