| 单词 | burqa |
| 例句 | She was wearing a fashion burqa and didn’t even own the other kind. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Still, she found some comfort in the anonymity that the burqa provided. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A woman dressed in a green burqa sat in the cab of one truck, a blindfolded man in the other. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Oh, I also ask that when we are out together, that you wear a burqa. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The doctor was out of her burqa now, and Mariam saw that she had a crest of silvery hair, heavy-lidded eyes, and little pouches of fatigue at the corners of her mouth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Beneath the burqa, the doctor shook her head curtly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z We lay her on the sofa and took off her burqa. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was that same year, in the middle of the summer, that a woman covered in a sky blue burqa knocked on the front gates one morning. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Even with the burqa between them, Laila was not buffered from his penetrating eyes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There was Titanic deodorant, Titanic toothpaste, Titanic perfume, Titanic pakora, even Titanic burqas. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Behind them, a woman in a brown burqa carried a large clay pot on her shoulder, down a rutted path toward a string of mud houses. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z From inside the burqa, Mariam gave her a ghost of a nod. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “They want us to operate in burqa,” the doctor explained, motioning with her head to the nurse at the door. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Mariam, who had never been inside a restaurant, found it odd at first to sit in a crowded room with so many strangers, to lift her burqa to put morsels of food into her mouth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She raised Laila’s burqa and placed the wide end of the instrument on her belly, the narrow end to her own ear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Laila wished she could see her face, but Mariam was in burqa—they both were— and all she could see was the glitter of her eyes through the grid. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He meant a shuttlecock burqa, which covers the whole face, with only a mesh grille to see through. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At one point during the flogging, her burqa slipped up to reveal her trousers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Sisters,” he said to both of us, “you must wear a burqa. You are bringing shame.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Schools for girls had been burned to the ground, and all women were forced to wear a severe form of burqa, a head-to-toe veil that had only a tiny fabric grille for their eyes. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But others wore burqas, long, flowing black robes that covered the head and face, so people could not even see their eyes. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She fished the envelope from her pocket beneath the burqa and passed it to him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I could beat you, you know, for leaving your home without the proper burqa,” he said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her eyes were still adjusting to the limited, gridlike visibility of the burqa, her feet still stumbling over the hem. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Their mothers walked in groups of three or four, some in burqas, others not. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The doctor lifted the lower half of her burqa and produced a metallic, cone-shaped instrument. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The girl was tottering forward, bent at the waist, one arm draped protectively across the taut drum of her belly, the shape of which was visible through her burqa. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And the burqa, she learned to her surprise, was also comforting. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And women, he said, should stay at home in purdah quarters at all times: They should go out only in emergencies and only wearing a burqa and only with a male relative. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The doctor, in a dark blue burqa, was a small, harried woman with birdlike movements. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She wore a beige blouse and black slacks—the first woman I’d seen in weeks dressed in something other than a burqa or a shalwar-kameez. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He fished a sky blue burqa from the bag. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She found herself face-to-face with a nurse, who was covered head to toe in a dirty gray burqa. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “In the books taken from the underground box, there were no burqas,” she writes. Homeira Qaderi Wants Her Son to Know Her, So She Wrote a Book 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Those who associate the burqa with violence against women are often inconsistent, for instance, in not also wanting to ban alcohol, which is strongly associated with violence against women. Martha Nussbaum and the new religious intolerance 2012-06-29T21:55:17Z Then I heard the word "Action!" and the camera began to roll, filming a crowd of self-righteous female western extras dressed in fake Afghan burqas. Arabic dress and Iranian accents ? Hollywood's take on Afghan women 2011-02-12T10:59:00Z Scenes where the four women seek to understand women wearing burqas show their curiosity, said Nixon. "Sex and the City" sequel takes on Middle East 2010-05-20T19:59:00Z One zesty number celebrates the short skirt and the freedom it both provides and symbolizes: “We shake off the burqas and binders,” the women sing. Theater Review: ‘Emotional Creature,’ From Signature Theater 2012-11-13T03:00:00Z “Dot-com. I said, a burqa. And while you’re at it, get me a Quran. Preferably paperback.” Review: ‘Iowa’ Is a State of Absurdity at Playwrights Horizons 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Stripper: Perform your last dance, start to finish, in a burqa. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Quitting your job? Might as well do it spectacularly. 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z My rules are: always have some biggish clashing jewellery around and a long top, particularly if you're travelling in Islamic countries so you can conceal your figure without necessarily wearing the burqa. Observer Ethical Awards 2013: Joanna Lumley – National Campaigner of the Year 2013-06-15T23:07:16Z In August, you defended Boris Johnson, Britain’s former foreign secretary, after he wrote that women who wear burqas look like “bank robbers” and “letter boxes.” For Rowan Atkinson, Comedy Isn’t Always a Laughing Matter 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z They drink beer and smoke pot, and among them is a spitfire feminist in a burqa – complete with a Dead Kennedys patch – who freely redacts chunks of the Qur'an with a marker pen. How Islamic punk went from fiction to reality 2011-08-04T19:00:01Z “I didn’t have to wear a burqa, but I had to follow the rules,” she said. She’s Her Own Artist. And a Daughter’s Muse. 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Topics range from burqa bans to Zac Goldsmith's extraordinary appearance on Channel 4 News. Radio Catchup: Noel Coward, Vic Galloway and Chart the Week 2010-07-22T10:46:00Z There were robes, ragged turbans, daggers and even a certain dusty romance — dark eyes peeking from a Shmoo-like burqa. Why We Travel 2011-04-01T19:10:47Z Rapper M.I.A., who arrived in a burqa, added a musical touch to the program. Scream 2010 delivers big stars and horror galore 2010-10-17T17:01:00Z Among the more disputed proposals is a call for a partial ban on the burqa and niqab garments. German conservatives call for partial ban on face veil 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z In Switzerland there are calls for a popular vote on a ban on the burqa. French PM defends burkini ban but some in cabinet wary 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z It's not just that she's a Muslim woman, from a country best known for harbouring al-Qaida operatives – Yemen – but that she wears an altogether new kind of super-person costume: a burqa. Meet the Islamic superheroes 2010-10-23T23:03:00Z I found myself wanting to defend the burqa and was startled at my own reaction. Arabic dress and Iranian accents ? Hollywood's take on Afghan women 2011-02-12T10:59:00Z She also writes about Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose behavior prompted one French comic to suggest that women better wear burqas in his presence. Critic?s Notebook: Books to Bury Yourself In 2011-05-26T22:07:19Z “Female students wearing the burqa, and radical groups, they are disturbing the teaching process,” Wahyudhi said. Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z “Lately there are things we’ve never seen before in Tunisia — burqas, like you see in Iran.” Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z "We realise that it must be hard for you and we appreciate it," said the man, still holding the burqa. Arabic dress and Iranian accents ? Hollywood's take on Afghan women 2011-02-12T10:59:00Z France, under former conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy, was the first European country to pass a law banning burqa and niqab garments that conceal the face in public. Covered on the catwalk: modest fashion struts its stuff in Paris 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Another masterfully composed image of a pregnant young woman and her mother seeking medical assistance in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, in November 2009, depicts them in sky-blue burqas against a flawless blue sky. Has War Changed, or Only War Photography? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z As a professional woman it was expected of me to be a team player and don the burqa. Arabic dress and Iranian accents ? Hollywood's take on Afghan women 2011-02-12T10:59:00Z Then she said ‘Excuse me, your burqa is caught in your door.’ For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z “It starts with a burqa ban, it ends with Wilders as prime minister,” she says. Turning Points: Three Movies Centering on Young Women 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z There is no denying that in certain countries the burqa is a manifestation of the oppression of women, but in the west it is nearly always worn out of choice. Is France right to ban the burka in public? | Debate 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z That splendid sun keeps watch like a prison guard over the trapped women of Afghanistan, forced by the Taliban to vanish into their burqas and the virtual anonymity of second-class citizenship. Review | In ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns,’ a searing indictment of the Taliban’s treatment of women 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Does he agree with President Sarkozy's recent ban on wearing the burqa in public? Vincent Cassel: 'You don't have to be your character in real life' 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z Throw in a few pictures of burqas, mention infibulation, and who will argue with your revulsion of religion? Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z I looked up and saw a crimson burqa floating in front of me. Arabic dress and Iranian accents ? Hollywood's take on Afghan women 2011-02-12T10:59:00Z I expected hijabs, burqas and beards, calls to prayer from the minarets and other outward signs of Islam. Following the Silk Road: A solo traveler’s journey through the ‘5 stans’ 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Minutes later, I found myself wearing a burqa for the first time in my life. Arabic dress and Iranian accents ? Hollywood's take on Afghan women 2011-02-12T10:59:00Z Still, ways “not to be seen” remain: wearing a burqa, being “a woman over 50” or living in a gated community. Hito Steyerl: ‘How Not to Be Seen’ 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z She’s a Marine who in the previous book went around disguised in a burqa, mowing down terrorists in Mogadishu. Surprise! Newt Gingrich’s thriller ‘Treason’ features a bumbling female president 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Consequently, those women who feel pressured into wearing burqas by cultural or familial forces might become aware that they're living in a society where questioning those forces is welcomed. If Britain decides to ban the burqa I might just start wearing one 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z One in five of us now has a tattoo and there are enough burqas around to invoke talk of banning them. If Britain decides to ban the burqa I might just start wearing one 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z These nuances are regularly ignored in western media, culture and entertainment replaced instead by a monolithic "Islam", all burqas and fatwas, and no real understanding of the complex philosophical debates and divisions between Muslims. Four Lions: Laugh? I roared 2010-05-07T10:20:00Z An editorial today in the party mouthpiece, Saamna magazine, called for a ban on burqas, very rarely seen in India. Mumbai University drops Rohinton Mistry novel after extremists complain 2010-10-19T16:12:00Z Furthermore, since when was suggesting basic safety strategies tantamount to insisting that women don burqas and hire armed guards for all excursions? Joanna Lumley meant well – despite her words on rape 2013-01-27T00:11:19Z Hidden Figures: “Do you really think you’ll have any success selling burqas in Beverly Hills?” Style Invitational Week 1251: Thanking outside the box 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z “It looks like the burqa,” Ms. Jafar said, by telephone. Will Mandatory Face Masks End the Burqa Bans? 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z In this incarnation, female contestants' burqas obscure their "before and after" shapes, likely rendering makeover episodes and weight loss reveals less dramatic. Why "The Biggest Loser" is the most American show 2010-05-25T19:01:00Z In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives want a partial ban on the niqab, or face veil, while in Austria right-wing politicians have called for a ban on the burqa, which covers the face and body. French PM defends burkini ban but some in cabinet wary 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z In another scene, Hypatia has a veil put over her head, “and it said in the script that this should be reminiscent of the burqa,” she recalled. Film: Hypatia: Martyr to Christian Zealots 2010-05-22T07:01:00Z Is it more profound than, say, Banksy’s pastiche on a Paris wall of an equestrian in the same pose as Napoleon, but wearing a burqa? Two Napoleons in Brooklyn, One in Timberlands 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z On an afternoon this fall, Mr. Elhawary greeted two older Bengali women, both regulars at the shop, who were wearing black burqas that only revealed their eyes. The Store Where Los Angeles Converges 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z But, every so often, they'll do something a bit mental – have a revolution, nearly elect Le Pen, capitulate in the face of an evil empire whose armies they outnumber, ban the burqa from public places. If Britain decides to ban the burqa I might just start wearing one 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z She is used to explaining that a niqab is not a burqa and that no, she doesn’t wear it at home. For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z Their escape comes – freedom is theirs – when they climb into burqas. Sex and the City 2: What happened to good old Sex?| Victoria Coren 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z Similarly, while burqas shouldn't be banned from public places, we don't have to respect people's decision to wear them. If Britain decides to ban the burqa I might just start wearing one 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z Tanaz Eshaghian’s “Love Crimes of Kabul” undercuts any thought you might have had of Afghan women as mute, downtrodden victims meekly hiding under their burqas as they scuttle from home to market. Critic?s Notebook: Faces on Film Add Humanity To the News 2011-06-15T22:24:44Z It is sometimes mistakenly labeled as the burqa, which is an all-enveloping garment that largely entered the American imagination during the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan. One year on, Muslim women reflect on wearing the niqab in a mask-wearing world 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z It looks as if Grant will be climbing back into her burqa sooner rather than later. Surprise! Newt Gingrich’s thriller ‘Treason’ features a bumbling female president 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z One version showed missiles without the woman, another, the woman in a burqa, without eyes. 2010-01-15T12:58:00Z Those two things are intertwined in my drag routine – I’ll wear the burqa, but also evening gowns with makeup and hair extensions. From Donna Summer to Derek Jarman: gay stars reveal the artworks that changed their lives 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z It was before the Taliban, before imposition of the burqa. How an emergency room pediatrician became a global best-selling author 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Fashionable Options Reshape Sun-Protective Clothing Say “sun-protective clothing,” and the imagination drifts to outfits that look like hazmat suits, safari attire or possibly a burqa. Fashionable Options Reshape Sun-Protective Clothing 2013-07-17T18:19:40Z He wore Hakama pants and a silver burqa that revealed only his eyes and said he’d discovered his true identity as a whirling dervish. He went to Burning Man and never came back 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Her father allowed her to sing professionally only after she promised that she would wear a burqa to the recording studio and never attend functions or parties. Shamshad Begum Indian Film Singer Dies at 94 2013-04-28T02:28:14Z The film’s depiction of Mr. Faraj being cornered by male operatives disguised in burqas, he said, closely adheres to his reporting. ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ by Kathryn Bigelow, Focuses on Facts 2012-11-24T01:19:03Z “Female students wearing the burqa, and radical groups, they are disturbing the teaching process,” Wahyudhi said. Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z It was the first European country to pass a law banning burqa and niqab garments that conceal the face in public. European Court of Human Rights upholds French law banning veil 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The most galling scene, however, appears to have been one in which the four ladies are rescued by Muslim women – who take off their burqas to reveal stylish western clothes underneath. Ghosts, liberated women and Morgan Freeman: the films banned for odd reasons 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Especially if the person under the burqa turns out to be a woman. If Britain decides to ban the burqa I might just start wearing one 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z Or, most oddly, as a priapic, satyr-like creature who emerges from the Paris sewers to abduct a model, before dressing her in a burqa and snacking on her hair. Holy Motors: love it or hate it, Cannes cognoscenti can't stop talking about it 2012-05-23T17:01:28Z None of this means I think there's anything good about wearing a burqa. If Britain decides to ban the burqa I might just start wearing one 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z France, under former conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy, was the first European country to pass a law banning burqa and niqab garments that conceal the face in public. Covered on the catwalk: modest fashion struts its stuff in Paris 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Many argue that the burqa is something forced on women and that the issue is one of choice. Martha Nussbaum and the new religious intolerance 2012-06-29T21:55:17Z At one point, in desperation, the black dress is twisted into the form of a burqa, leaving only her anxious eyes exposed. Theater Review: ‘In Paris’ Stars Mikhail Baryshnikov 2012-08-03T22:57:36Z In Vegas, my wardrobe might as well be a burqa. One thing can get a buttoned-up millennial feminist to praise Las Vegas: Britney Spears 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z But police eventually traced him to his home town of Creil, north of Paris, where he was seen moving around dressed as a woman in a Muslim burqa. Rédoine Faïd: France's jailbreak king guilty of helicopter escape 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Mohammad continued, explaining how his family lives in hiding, his wife concealing her identity with a burqa. He spoke no English, had no lawyer. An Afghan man’s case offers a glimpse into US immigration court 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Mohammad continued, explaining how his family lives in hiding, his wife concealing her identity with a burqa. He spoke no English, had no lawyer: Afghan man’s case offers a glimpse into U.S. immigration court 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z In one, a woman in a light-coloured burqa seems to float like a ghost through the black ruins. James Nachtwey: The last of the great photojournalists 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Few women in Switzerland wear full face coverings like burqas, which are perhaps best known as garb worn in Afghanistan. Swiss parliament approves ban on full-face coverings like burqas, sets fine for violators 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z On Saturday, the Taliban announced a new rule saying that women in Afghanistan should wear a “burqa”. News Roundup: Afghan Women, Press Secretary, and a Passenger Pilot 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z "Most women walk around in a burqa or hijab here. We have accepted it as part of our culture." Taliban beauty salon ban: Three Afghan women mourn the end of a valued service 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z That column often saw him criticised for his views - he was accused of Islamophobia when he said Muslim women who wear burqas looked like letter boxes or bank robbers. Boris Johnson gets new job as Daily Mail columnist 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z A few weeks after Baher’s second attempt at leaving, she sat in her shelter, scratching at skin underneath her burqa. Rohingya refugees brave perilous seas to escape camp desperation Outside bakeries, women covered in burqas huddle on plastic sacks, beseeching customers to buy them a piece of warm flatbread. The deepening chill of Afghanistan’s second Taliban winter 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z A burqa is a piece of clothing that covers women from head to toe, leaving only a small opening for the eyes. News Roundup: Afghan Women, Press Secretary, and a Passenger Pilot 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z White was with the unit because she could do things — such as frisk women wearing burqas — that men couldn’t. Perspective | Cleared for combat 10 years ago, women still fight for change in military 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Women are now barred from gyms, public parks and high schools; they cannot travel any significant distance without a male relative; and they must cover themselves head to toe in burqas and headpieces in public. Former Afghan Lawmaker Shot Dead at Her Home in Kabul 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z It explored the morality of burqa bans with clean paragraphs, fitting examples and rigorous arguments. Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z At checkpoints along streets and in spot inspections on farms, the morality police chastise women who are not covered from head to toe in all-concealing burqas and headpieces in public. ‘Burying Us Alive’: Afghan Women Devastated by Suspension of Aid Under Taliban Law 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The new rule doesn’t force women to wear a burqa. News Roundup: Afghan Women, Press Secretary, and a Passenger Pilot 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Terrified, she left Kabul, disguising herself in her burqa to travel to her family’s hometown. Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Media reports from different locations have shown images of crowds watching while men with whips struck seated women covered with burqas or men held facedown on the ground. Public execution, whippings in Afghanistan mark revival of Taliban punishments 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z There have been some exceptions to the Taliban’s hardline Islamist rules, such as allowing women to leave home without wearing full face coverings in public, or burqas. Taliban bars Afghan women from going to gyms, public baths 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z However, the Taliban have said women should wear long flowing clothes that cover their bodies and also cover their faces, such as the all-enveloping burqa. Taliban ban women from parks, morality ministry says 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z On Saturday, the Taliban announced a new rule saying that women in Afghanistan should wear a “burqa” – clothing that covers women from head to toe. News Roundup: Afghan Women, Press Secretary, and a Passenger Pilot 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z They hid their identities with burqas, the all-encompassing robes and hood that completely cover the face, leaving only a mesh to see through. Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The burqa order confirms the worst fears of rights activists and is sure to complicate the Taliban’s dealings with the international community. 'I want to leave more than ever': A year after U.S. pullout, Kabul is a city in despair 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z In Kandahar and southern Afghanistan, nearly all wore the burqa or covered their faces in public already. Afghanistan: Peace at a price in the Taliban’s heartlands 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z At checkpoints along the streets, morality police chastise women who are not covered from head to toe in all-concealing burqas and headpieces in public. With Afghanistan in Their Grip, Taliban Roll Back the Clock 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z “Twenty years ago, we put on our burqas and went to work,” Ghazanfar said. The Taliban’s Dangerous Collision Course With the West 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z They didn’t normally wear the burqa, but they said they sometimes do now when they go outside and want to remain anonymous and avoid harassment. Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z In one of his last columns there, in 2018, Johnson wrote that women in burqas resemble “bank robbers.” What next for Boris Johnson? Books, columns, speeches, a comeback? 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Another expresses support but outlines his conditions that "there should be a separate building for girls and a female teacher. They should wear the burqa on their way to school." Afghanistan: Peace at a price in the Taliban’s heartlands 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z By mid-1996, the Taliban were on Kabul’s doorstep, with their promise of burqas for women and beards for men. Hope and despair: Kathy Gannon on 35 years in Afghanistan 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z During the previous Taliban rule in Afghanistan, they subjected women to overwhelming restrictions, banning them from education and participation in public life and requiring them to wear the all-encompassing burqa. UN envoy’s farewell: My heart breaks for Afghan girls, women 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z At that time, they subjected women to overwhelming restrictions, banning them from education and participation in public life and requiring them to wear the all-encompassing burqa. UN official expresses concern on rights in Afghanistan 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z France, which has the largest Muslim minority in Europe, estimated at 5 million, in 2010 introduced a ban on full-face niqab and burqa veils in public. French court scraps rule allowing burkinis in Grenoble swimming pools 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z When the Taliban first ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, women and girls were subject to overwhelming restrictions — no education, no participation in public life, and women were required to wear the all-encompassing burqa. UN calls on Taliban to reverse new rules for girls and women 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z During the Taliban’s last time in power in Afghanistan from 1996-2001, they imposed overwhelming restrictions on women, requiring them to wear the all-encompassing burqa and barring them from public life. and education. Taliban enforcing face-cover order for female TV anchors 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Anisa Mohammadi, 28, a lawyer in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, said she had bought a burqa because she feared that her honor would be questioned if she did not wear it. The Taliban Pressure Women in Afghanistan to Cover Up 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z The blue burqa is the Taliban’s garment of choice; ideal, however, would be for women to never leave the house unless absolutely necessary. Opinion | In the Taliban’s Afghanistan, control of women begins at home 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Soraya, who owns a small business in Kabul, never believed that she would be made to wear a burqa, like the one the Taliban enforced during their first stint in power in the 1990s. Afghanistan face veil decree: 'It feels like being a woman is a crime' 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Other women in Kabul appear to be resisting the new edict passively, refusing to don a burqa and continuing to travel through the city unaccompanied, according to a May 8 Associated Press report. Opinion | The Taliban drapes Afghan women in repression 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Last month, a woman suicide bomber dressed in a female burqa head-to-toe covering killed three Chinese teachers and their Pakistani driver when she detonated her explosives inside a university campus in Karachi. Bombing targets Pakistani security forces, kills passerby 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The ideal face covering was the all-encompassing blue burqa, the group said, referring to the garment that was obligatory for women in public during the Taliban's previous 1996-2001 rule. U.S. says it will increase pressure on Taliban if it does not reverse decisions on women, girls 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The Taliban decree, announced on Saturday, ordered all Afghan women to wear all-covering clothing in public, the traditional burqa, and threatened to punish their male relatives in cases of noncompliance. Norway slams Afghan Taliban edict demanding women cover up 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Those wearing a burqa, a head-to-toe garment that covers the face and hides the eyes behind netting were in the minority. Anger among Afghan women as face veil edict splits Taliban 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z The ministry suggested the burqa as the preferred garment for covering a woman’s face, hair and body. Taliban Impose Head-to-Toe Coverings for Women 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Women may choose to wear the head-to-toe covering called a burqa, or a cloth veil covering the face paired with a headscarf and long robe called an abaya, Muhajir said. Taliban orders head-to-toe coverings for Afghan women in public 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z They added the ideal face covering was the all-encompassing blue burqa, which became a global symbol of the Taliban’s previous hardline regime from 1996 until 2001. Taliban announce women must cover faces in public, say burqa is best 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z He said that closed circuit television footage from the site showed a person dressed in the female burqa head-to-toe covering walking up to the van, followed by an instantaneous explosion. Explosion in southern Pakistan kills 3 Chinese, their driver 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z She went on: “Often, Muslim women who wear the full-body veil or burqa are reproached: ‘If you want so much to live like in Afghanistan or in Iraq, then go live in Afghanistan or Iraq.’ France’s Far Right Turn 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The burqa, which leaves only a woman’s hands and feet visible and includes a stitched facial netting for vision, was required by the Taliban when it ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. Taliban Impose Head-to-Toe Coverings for Women 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z While stopping short of ordering them to wear the all-encompassing burqa, orders over loudspeakers warned women on the streets against showing their hair and telling them to wear large, heavy shawls. Afghan women traveling alone boarding flights despite ban 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z When they last ruled, music was banned, girls were denied education and women were not allowed to work and were required to wear the all-encompassing burqa. Taliban announcement a clear sign girls returning to school 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z When they last ruled, music was banned, girls were denied education and women were not allowed to work and were required to wear the all encompassing burqa. Taliban announcement a clear sign girls returning to school 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Other European countries have enacted regulations for public spaces, usually aimed at the more concealing garments such as niqabs and burqas. Hijab bans deepen Hindu-Muslim fault lines in Indian state 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Since the Taliban takeover in August, more women in Kabul appear to have begun wearing burqas. Taliban Impose Head-to-Toe Coverings for Women 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Another one of her paintings, in the style of Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night", shows a woman in the traditional blue Afghan burqa playing the guitar. In Greek migrant camp, Afghan woman finds strength in art 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z "If the Taliban force me to wear a burqa, I would rather stay home than go to university," said 20-year-old psychology student and Kabul resident Anahita. College dreams dashed as young Afghan women fight to keep poverty at bay 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The Taliban have not re-imposed the burqa, though women are required to wear the hijab, which can be any covering including a large shawl provided the head is covered. Taliban announcement a clear sign girls returning to school 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z I can give a brilliant, witty speech, and in some environments, the questions are like, “But do you support Hamas, Hezbollah or al-Qaeda? How can women wear the hijab? What about the burqa? Condemn extremism.” Wajahat Ali on the ‘American Nightmare’ and the ‘American Dream’ of being a Muslim son of immigrants 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Even under the previous, Western-backed government, many women — especially in rural areas and small towns — continued to wear burqas. Taliban Impose Head-to-Toe Coverings for Women 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The military statement said militant Allah Noor was trying to escape wearing woman’s burqa to hide his identify. Pakistan: Areas cleared after militant attacks kill 9 troops 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Until then, in addition to the education ban, almost all jobs were off limits to women and they could only leave home when accompanied by a male relative and wearing an all-enveloping burqa. College dreams dashed as young Afghan women fight to keep poverty at bay 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The Taliban demand women wear headscarves but have stopped short of imposing the burqa, the head-to covering that was compulsory under their previous rule. Taliban reopen universities for Afghan women in 2 provinces 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z As he spoke, four women in burqas slipped past the men at the gate taking vouchers. In freezing Afghanistan, aid workers rush to save millions 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z In recent months, small posters have appeared in Kabul depicting head-to-toe hijabs, including burqas, as proper public attire for women. Taliban Impose Head-to-Toe Coverings for Women 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The Taliban have, however, stopped short of imposing the burqa, which was compulsory when they previously ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s. Taliban storm Kabul apartment, arrest activist, her sisters 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The government last year also came with a proposal to ban the wearing of burqas and all other forms of face coverings citing national security concerns. Discrimination and harassment haunt Sri Lanka's Muslims 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Along a nearby boulevard, women covered by burqas crouched in snowbanks and held out their hands to cars crawling past. As Afghanistan’s harsh winter sets in, many are forced to choose between food and warmth 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z We just got out of a 20-year fiasco in Afghanistan with little to show for it except the Taliban reinstated, burqa sales up and the country plunged into turmoil. Column: Can the U.S. strike a balance between isolationism and policing the world? 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Under the Taliban government of the 1990s, women who failed to wear a burqa in public were often beaten by vice and virtue religious police, who also delivered warnings to male relatives. Taliban Impose Head-to-Toe Coverings for Women 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z They burned a white burqa and said they cannot be forced to wear the hijab. Taliban storm Kabul apartment, arrest activist, her sisters 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Sick babies in hospitals lie wrapped in their mothers all-enveloping burqas. AP PHOTOS: Afghans desperate; Taliban face economic ruin 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z One woman named Parasto, speaking from beneath a burqa, said her husband had once worked repairing car batteries but was disabled. As Afghanistan’s harsh winter sets in, many are forced to choose between food and warmth 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z At the time, women had to wear the all-encompassing burqa and be accompanied by a male relative whenever they went outside. Whistleblower: As Afghanistan fell, UK abandoned supporters 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Women wearing burqas walk in a second-hand market where people sell their home appliances and other belongings, in Kabul, Afghanistan October 9, 2021. Taliban release decree saying women must consent to marriage 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z A group of women wearing burqas crosses the street as members of the Taliban drive past in Kabul, Afghanistan October 9, 2021. Exclusive: World Bank backs using $280 million in frozen aid funds for Afghanistan 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z She would hide her schoolbooks under her burqa. Opinion | An Afghan girl grew up to be her country’s U.S. ambassador. Now, she watches progress lost. 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z On the rocky, unpaved roads, women float by in blue burqas that cover them from head to toe. ‘Everyone here hated the Americans’: Rural Afghans live with the Taliban and a painful U.S. legacy 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z His tiny room is filled with dozens of paintings depicting a colourful but ominous world, of Afghan women clad in long black burqa gowns, surrounded by hostile men. Exiled painter depicts 'slow disappearance' of Afghan women under Taliban 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Aziz, who tried to escape from the besieged compound wearing a burqa, was caught and sent to prison. Radical leader of Pakistan’s Red Mosque emboldened by Taliban takeover of Afghanistan 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Women also were required to wear ankle-to-head coverings known as burqas and were allowed to walk on streets only with a male relative. As the Taliban bars some girls from school, their mothers’ dreams are also shattered 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Now, the mother says both she and her daughter have been wearing burqas each time they move to their next “prison-home.” Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z On Saturday, at a pro-Taliban rally at a Kabul university, women wore all black and full-body burqas, a style similar to that of women in Persian Gulf states. Afghan women share images of colorful, traditional styles to protest Taliban dress codes 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Many women said they believed the purported protest, which has appeared on social media and in Western media, was staged and that several people dressed in the head-to-toe black burqa gowns were men. 'This is how we dress': Afghan women overseas pose in colourful attire 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z To make things festive, designers could have enhanced the burqa to illustrate the beauty of the women lost and withering beneath the folds of their captivity. Opinion | AOC at a $300,000-per-table dinner party, and other signs of our times 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The militants agreed with certain conditions: The girls wore burqas, did not mix with boys and learned Islamic subjects, including Arabic, along with their regular courses. As the Taliban bars some girls from school, their mothers’ dreams are also shattered 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The black burqa never has been part of the Afghan culture. Afghan women hit back at Taliban with #DoNotTouchMyClothes campaign 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Without money to print banners, her sister-in-law wrote slogans on flip charts: “A city with one gender stinks,” “I don’t wear a burqa” and “We want political participation at all levels.” Space for dissent opened in Afghanistan after the Taliban was ousted 20 years ago. Now the militants are trying to slam it shut. 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z "The reality is, the burqa is not representative of women in Afghanistan." 'This is how we dress': Afghan women overseas pose in colourful attire 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Maybe at an appointed hour, everyone could remove the burqa to reveal a creation worthy of the Met’s costume collection and get on with the dance. Opinion | AOC at a $300,000-per-table dinner party, and other signs of our times 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Remembering her past beating, she refuses to leave the house without a burqa to find other work. As the Taliban bars some girls from school, their mothers’ dreams are also shattered 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z "For centuries we have been an Islamic country and our grandmothers have been dressed modestly in their own traditional clothes, not the made-up blue 'chadari' and Arab's black burqa," says Ms Maseed. Afghan women hit back at Taliban with #DoNotTouchMyClothes campaign 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z In public, women were forced to wear the burqa, a tentlike garment that covers them from head to toe, with a crocheted mesh grill over the eyes. At Pro-Taliban Protest, a Symbol of America’s Lost Influence: Faces Obscured by Veils 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Her mother had worn the long blue burqa gowns forced upon women at the time and found it hard to breathe or see from under them, she said. 'This is how we dress': Afghan women overseas pose in colourful attire 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z A Conservative candidate in Nova Scotia apologized for social media posts that weighed in on sharia law and backed banning the burqa worn by some Muslim women. Controversies over Islamophobia dog Canada’s conservatives 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z In August, as the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Abdelhamid shared an image on Twitter of Maloney wearing a burqa on the House floor. How Growing Up in New York After 9/11 Shaped These Muslim Leaders 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Women are putting burqas back on and speak of destroying evidence of their education and life outside the home to protect themselves from the Taliban. As the Taliban returns, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Many of the women appeared to be wearing a form of dress familiar to conservative Muslims in Southern Afghanistan, including a veil, while others wore the more traditional blue burqa. At Pro-Taliban Protest, a Symbol of America’s Lost Influence: Faces Obscured by Veils 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z One of Tsang’s tours visits the city’s famed Chungking Mansions, a labyrinthine complex with ethnic restaurants, guesthouses and stores selling everything from cheap phones to burqas. Drag queens and refugee stories: touring the ‘real’ Hong Kong 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Aside from the feud, the only other time they came knocking was when they noticed that Muslim women in all-encompassing burqas could often be seen visiting Levi. Afghanistan’s last Jew leaves after Taliban takeover 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z “I was 9 years old when I watched my congresswoman wear a burqa in Congress to justify the invasion of Afghanistan,” Abdelhamid wrote. How Growing Up in New York After 9/11 Shaped These Muslim Leaders 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z That after 20 years of fighting for our rights and freedom, we should be hunting for burqas and hiding our identity. As the Taliban returns, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Pop icon Cher tweeted that she was wondering when the Texas Senate would start “mandating burqas,” the traditional black robes worn by Muslim women, though some people criticized her for being culturally insensitive. 'Handmaid's Tale' alert: Hollywood explodes at Texas over restrictive abortion law 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z In an August video provided by the WFP, Afghan women wearing head to toe-covering burqas and men in turbans line up for supplies at a U.N. food distribution centre in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Drought leaves Afghans hungry as economic collapse looms - U.N. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Women are out on the streets wearing Islamic headscarves - as they always have - rather than the all-encompassing burqa the Taliban required in the past. Afghans face hunger crisis, adding to Taliban’s challenges 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z “As for wearing a burqa, it should be a woman’s right to choose what clothes to wear and to get an education.” How Growing Up in New York After 9/11 Shaped These Muslim Leaders 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Women are out on the streets wearing Islamic headscarves — as they always have — rather than the all-encompassing burqa the Taliban required in the past. Afghans face hunger crisis, adding to Taliban’s challenges 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Men had to grow beards and women had to wear the all-encompassing burqa. New Taliban rulers face tough economic, security challenges 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z When she did venture out, she wore a burqa covering her face and body. No future for women like me, says exiled Afghan soccer player 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Women were confined to their homes or, when in public, inside the all-encompassing burqa. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z I find it very disingenuous and honestly depressing, because in 20 years, it appears that there has been no progress beyond, “Oh, my God, they’re putting women in burqas.” Rafia Zakaria's 'Against White Feminism' is 'not a scolding but an invitation' 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z I crossed 11 checkpoints under a burqa, but in the end the Taliban didn't let us past. Afghan left behind by UK: I'm fighting to stay alive 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z They could only go outside if accompanied by a male relative, and even then they had to wear the all-encompassing burqa. Afghanistan’s top high school graduate fears for her future 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z In central areas with many Taliban, women were few and those venturing out wore burqas, the full-body garment that covers the face, said Sayed, a civil servant. Under Taliban Rule, Life in Kabul Transforms Once Again 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z But the traditional all-covering burqa, an ancient dress that left only a gauzy patch through which to see, came to symbolize Taliban repression. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z But in central areas with many Taliban fighters, few women ventured out, and those who did wore burqas, said Sayed, a civil servant. Taliban urge women to stay home because fighters have not been trained to respect them 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Press reports indicate that after this month’s takeover, women are again required to wear burqas and cannot leave their homes unless accompanied by a male relative. Taliban follow strict Islamic creed that doesn’t change with the times, scholars say 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Nearby, a group of women, burqas folded back to reveal their faces, greeted an approaching foreigner. As Afghans try to figure out Taliban’s new rules, burqas are barometer of sorts 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Or will they, instead, revert to the thuggery of the past, with dissidents killed, ancient monuments leveled, women denied jobs and compelled to wear burqas, and girls forced to leave school? As Afghanistan Collapses, a Lament for ‘Repeating the Same Mistakes’ 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z They closed schools for girls, barred women from working, required women to wear the head-to-toe, face-covering burqas and banned them from leaving their homes unless accompanied by a male relative. Face of Afghan women’s soccer urges players to burn their jerseys, disappear amid Taliban rule 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Women were unable to leave their homes without a male relative, were not allowed to work and were forced to wear the all-covering burqa. Fifa urges rescue of female Afghan players 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z And outside provincial capitals, even in the north, it is rare to see women not wearing the burqa. America’s Afghan War: A Defeat Foretold? 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z In its previous stint in power, the Taliban barred women from working, going to school or even going outside without wearing a burqa and being escorted by a male relative. First Resistance to Taliban Rule Tests Afghanistan’s Uncertain Future 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z They were allowed in public only wearing burqas and in the company of male relatives, and risked flogging and even execution for violating the group’s rules. Taliban Promise Peace, but Doubt and Fear Persist 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Women — fearful of a return to an oppressive society in which they were more property than persons — disappeared into their homes, into secret locations and behind all-encompassing burqas. Perspective | America’s humiliation is more American hubris 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Women were forced to wear burqas that covered the entire face and body, and those who went unaccompanied in public places faced beatings. Taliban says it will be more tolerant toward women. Some fear otherwise. 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z When her mother cautioned her to wear a burqa and loose clothes in case the extremists seized power, Bahar shrugged off the warning. 'I prefer to die than to go with' Taliban: Afghan women face uncertain future 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z The rules include forcing them to wear a burqa that covers their entire body, including their face, and barring them from leaving the house without a male guardian. Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan sparks fears for women, girls 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z "I also checked with my wife if there were enough burqas for her and the girls." Shops close, security guards flee in Afghan capital 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z One woman lifted her burqa and bared her face for just a moment, said Mah Jan, an educator in the northern Balkh province. As Taliban widens its grip, Afghans reckon with life under militant rule 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z All the women we see, however, are wearing the all-encompassing burqa, covering both their hair and face. Afghanistan war: Taliban back brutal rule as they strike for power 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s her jet-black bob, makeup and nail polish, all coordinated with a shimmering white shalwar kameez that’s as far from a burqa as Kabul is from L.A. 'I definitely want to stay': Afghan women grapple with prospect of life under the Taliban again 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z It cited several examples relating to Johnson, including a 2018 newspaper column in which he referred to women wearing burqas as "going around looking like letterboxes" and likened their appearance to bank robbers. UK PM Johnson offers qualified apology for remarks on Islam 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z A friend recently joked with her that it was time to buy a burqa, the covering the Taliban requires women to wear in public. With a sense of betrayal and relief, Afghans eye a future without U.S. troops 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Some of the restrictions the militants are imposing — burqas for women, long beards for men, forced attendance at mosques — hark back to their rule of the late 1990s. As Taliban widens its grip, Afghans reckon with life under militant rule 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Driving through the villages in Balkh district, we do see plenty of women, not all of whom are wearing the all-encompassing burqa, walking around freely. Afghanistan: 'We have won the war, America has lost', say Taliban 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Weerasekara signed a paper on Friday seeking the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers to ban burqas. Concerns rise over Sri Lanka’s move to ban burqas 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The wearing of burqas was temporarily banned in 2019 after the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 260 people. Sri Lanka to ban burqas, close over 1,000 Islamic schools 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z “In our early days Muslim women and girls never wore the burqa,” he said. Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut many Islamic schools, minister says 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z The only people seen wearing the burqa, a full head-to-toe covering, are visitors from the Middle East, mostly wealthy tourists from the Persian Gulf bringing welcome revenue to the country’s hospitality industry. Swiss Voters Narrowly Approve a Ban on Face Coverings 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Still, local politicians, media and campaigners have dubbed it the burqa ban. Swiss to vote on banning face veils in referendum criticised as Islamophobic 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The wearing of burqas in Sri Lanka was temporarily banned in 2019 soon after the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and hotels that killed more than 260 people in the Indian Ocean island nation. Concerns rise over Sri Lanka’s move to ban burqas 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The decision to ban burqas and madrassas is the latest move affecting the Indian Ocean island nation’s minority Muslims. Sri Lanka to ban burqas, close over 1,000 Islamic schools 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z The government’s moves on burqas and schools follow an order last year mandating the cremation of COVID-19 victims - against the wishes of Muslims, who bury their dead. Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut many Islamic schools, minister says 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z The proposal put forward by the Swiss People’s Party, the country’s largest, did not mention Islam or niqabs and burqas — veils traditionally worn by Muslim women — calling instead for a ban on “full facial covering.” Swiss Voters Narrowly Approve a Ban on Face Coverings 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z No one in Switzerland wears a burqa and only around 30 women wear the niqab, the University of Lucerne estimates. Swiss to vote on banning face veils in referendum criticised as Islamophobic 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The decision to ban burqas and madrassas is the latest move affecting Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims. Concerns rise over Sri Lanka’s move to ban burqas 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z In the latest of a series of similar examples, he caused a major public row with a 2018 column in which he likened Muslim women wearing burqas to letter boxes and bank robbers. UK's Johnson suggests he left journalism because he was always abusing people in print 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z She agreed to return only after the Taliban permitted her and her sister to walk the streets without wearing a burqa, the traditional head-to-toe women’s covering. Suhaila Siddiq, surgeon, health minister and trailblazer for Afghan women, dies 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z Workers started installing the set; wardrobe designers were customizing a burqa for a male character. Their Buzzy Off Broadway Play Shut Down. Here’s What They Did Next. 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z In June, jihadists disguised in burqas killed seven people in a village not far from Fada N’Gourma, said a high-ranking army officer who did not want to be named. Burkina Faso army blamed for extrajudicial torture, deaths 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Regent hospital owner Mohammad Shahed was arrested trying to fleeing to India in a burqa after a nine-day hunt, police said. Global report: Bangladesh hospital owner accused of faking thousands of Covid-19 test results 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z That suggests that if an observant Muslim woman wanted to get on the Paris Metro, she would be required to remove her burqa and replace it with a mask. France mandates masks to control the coronavirus. Burqas remain banned. 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Yet another picture showed women in burqas with loads of children in front of a clocktower showing five minutes to 12, which is the German metaphor for “act now before it’s too late”. The Hanau terror attack shows the need for honesty about racism in Germany | Mithu Sanyal 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The burqa predated the Taliban by decades, particularly in rural Afghanistan, but became a symbol of their repression of women during their rule. US peace deal leaves Afghans to determine post-war landscape 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z An agitated young woman in a burqa who said she was a student approached him. Death toll passes 30 in Delhi violence as Modi issues plea for calm 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “What they left out is that these investigations are based on the vaguest scraps of information”—such as tips about neighbors wearing burqas—“and almost none of them go anywhere,” the military-intelligence official said. The Fight to Save an Innocent Refugee from Almost Certain Death 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z “Muslims see this irony very clearly,” said Karima Mondon, a high school teacher in the Lyon suburbs, who wears a headscarf but not a burqa. France mandates masks to control the coronavirus. Burqas remain banned. 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z There are practically no burqas worn in German streets. The Hanau terror attack shows the need for honesty about racism in Germany | Mithu Sanyal 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z As I’m eating, three women in burqas walk in and proceed directly to the back of the restaurant. Kent’s Maza Grill will win your heart with its massive halal steaks 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Aware of the backlash that would ensue amid charges of hypocrisy, she bizarrely tried to disguise herself in a burqa but was caught out by paps who recognised her driver. Gisele Bündchen: a model life? 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z They described how their chief targeted women and children and boasted that “burqas were flying.” Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALS Who Turned In Edward Gallagher 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z I showed the students an article from the front page of the New YorkTimes featuring Afghan women casting off their burqas as they bathed in a stream near Kabul. "The shooters are coming!": How war targets the young 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The stereotypical image of an Afghan woman clad in a pale-blue burqa, walking the city’s dusty streets, is less and less reflective of life today in Afghanistan’s urban centers. Peace Talks, the Taliban, and Afghan Women’s Uncertain Future 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z “Halal, burqa, Islamic banks, Kathi courts, Shariah universities, those all destroyed social integrity that we do have,” he said in an interview. Buddhist nationalists claim victory in Sri Lankan election 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z In one posted in 2016 she railed against the burqa, adding: “I hate to ban anything really but I’d suggest we start with Mosques!” Revealed: Tory councillors posted Islamophobic content on social media 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z She was then surrounded by four or five people wearing burqas, pressuring her to withdraw her complaint. Death penalty for 16 who set student on fire 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z They could leave the house only when wearing a burqa, escorted by a male relative. The Shattered Afghan Dream of Peace 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Only one woman was at the scene, wearing a head-to-toe burqa. Afghan Town’s First Female Mayor Awaits Her Assassination 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Women may leave home only if covered in full-face burqas. Dismal turnout in Afghan election could weaken next government 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z He said he couldn’t stand the sight of her and forced her to wear a face-covering burqa all day. ‘No one just goes hiking in Afghanistan’: American woman gave birth as a Taliban hostage. Now she seeks to end her mystery. 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Women wearing hijabs and burqas spilled in, taking their seats on the left. The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z At one point, she asked the Taliban committee members about their position on the burqa. The Shattered Afghan Dream of Peace 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The professor of government, Mr. Zwart, said that for women who wear burqas and niqabs, “it’s not symbolic at all, especially when a newspaper says citizens can make arrests,” he said. On First Day of the Partial Ban on Burqas, Dutch Officials Decline to Enforce It 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The Netherlands’ ban on face-covering clothing, including the Islamic burqa and niqab, took effect on Thursday, but authorities say they are unwilling to enforce the controversial law. Dutch burqa ban becomes law, but rendered ineffective because authorities won't enforce it 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The exact number of women who wear burqas or niqabs in the Netherlands is unknown. Dutch 'burqa ban' rendered largely unworkable on first day 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Very few women in the Netherlands wear a burqa or niqab and it is unclear how strenuously the law will be enforced. Partial Dutch ban on face-covering clothing comes into force 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Soon, the asphalt was strewn with bodies — young and old, in jeans and burqas, all in blood. For Afghan Civilians, Road Between Life and Death Is Narrow — and Mined 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z He said that the “next step” was a ban on head scarves, and wrote, “If you want to wear a burqa, then go live in Saudi Arabia or Iran.” On First Day of the Partial Ban on Burqas, Dutch Officials Decline to Enforce It 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The new Dutch law, dubbed the “burqa ban,” bans the face-covering clothing on public transportation, in government buildings and at health and education institutions. Dutch burqa ban becomes law, but rendered ineffective because authorities won't enforce it 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The Netherlands’ “burqa ban” has been rendered largely unworkable on its first day in law after both the police and Dutch transport companies signalled an unwillingness to enforce it. Dutch 'burqa ban' rendered largely unworkable on first day 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z And so last August, he precipitated a typical Johnson-style imbroglio when he asserted, in his regular Daily Telegraph column, that women in burqas look like “bank robbers” and “letter boxes.” The Johnsons are putting family before Brexit, begrudgingly 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Last year, Johnson was accused of dog-whistle politics after he used a Telegraph column to liken women wearing the burqa to “letter boxes” and “bank robbers”. Boris Johnson claimed Islam put Muslim world 'centuries behind' 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z It noted that Muslim groups have highlighted the burqa and niqab ban as a measure they feel targets them. On First Day of the Partial Ban on Burqas, Dutch Officials Decline to Enforce It 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders has been calling for a total burqa ban for over a decade and celebrated after the parliament approved a partial ban on such veils, calling it “a historic day.” Dutch burqa ban becomes law, but rendered ineffective because authorities won't enforce it 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Under the terms of the Partial Ban on Face-Covering Clothing Act the wearing of ski masks, full-face helmets, balaclavas, niqabs and burqas is prohibited in public buildings, including schools and hospitals, and on public transport. Dutch 'burqa ban' rendered largely unworkable on first day 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z He told the audience: “If you look at that article … it was a strong, liberal defence of the right of women to wear the burqa.” Boris Johnson faces questions over 'arguably racist' comments 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Women were ordered to wear burqas and men not to trim or stylize their beards. In an Afghan town retaken from the Taliban, a fragile hope to keep war at bay 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z His refusal to apologize sparked a national debate on the question of burqas and niqabs, and polls indicated his harder stance may have been more in tune with the majority of Brits. As Theresa May steps down, pro-Trump Brexiteer Boris Johnson is favorite to succeed her 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z He quit as foreign secretary in 2018, blaming May’s handling of Brexit; one of his next moves was to write a column for the Telegraph saying that women wearing burqas resembled “letter boxes.” Boris Johnson for Prime Minister, and Other Ways that the Brexit Mess Could Get Even Worse 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, before the US-led campaign to topple them in 2001, they barred women from education and most work, and forced them to wear the burqa. Taliban attack Afghanistan office of US aid group 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z One Nation’s leader, Pauline Hanson, who was criticized for once wearing a burqa in the Senate, said Dickson’s behavior was unacceptable for a candidate for her party. Australian quits anti-Muslim party over strip club video 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Residents said only a small percentage of women in the town wear the burqa. Sri Lanka bans face veils after attacks by Islamist militants 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z “Women had travelled from far away rural areas, through many Taliban checkpoints in their burqas and passed very dangerous areas to attend,” said Pakzad. Afghan women fear gains could be bargained away in talks 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z He is expected to be joined in Manchester by Anne Marie Waters, the leader of the far-right For Britain party, who has described Islam as “evil” and promised to ban the burqa if elected. Tommy Robinson announces plans to stand as MEP 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Egypt also considered banning women from wearing the burqa after a period of instability fueled by violence from radical Islamic groups. Sri Lanka Easter bombings spurs call to ban burqas amid reports some of the attackers were women 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z She was wearing a burqa without mesh covering her face. 'I lost consciousness': woman whipped by the Taliban over burqa without veil | Haroon Janjua 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z When there, four or five people, wearing burqas, surrounded her and allegedly pressured her to withdraw the case against the headteacher. Bangladeshi girl set on fire after accusing teacher of harassment 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The Taliban were notorious for their repression of women during their rule, including banning education for girls and imposing the all-encompassing burqa on all women. Afghan women fear gains could be bargained away in talks 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z When Nusrat reached the rooftop four or five people, wearing burqas, surrounded her and allegedly pressured her to withdraw the case against the headmaster. Burned to death for reporting sexual harassment 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z An interrogation memo listed plans to shave Salahi’s head and beard, dress him in a burqa, and make him bark and perform dog tricks, “to reduce the detainee’s ego and establish control.” Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z They were forced to wear an all-enveloping burqa, they were forbidden to leave their homes without an accompanying male relative, and girls’ education was banned. 'I lost consciousness': woman whipped by the Taliban over burqa without veil | Haroon Janjua 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Hanson, One Nation’s leader who was criticized for wearing a burqa in the Senate, voted for the ban on foreign donations in November. Australian party accused of asking US gun lobby for money 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z I am in favor of the burqa ban because I think that the burqa is a jail—a jail of tissue, but still a jail. Bernard-Henri Lévy on the Rights of Women and of the Accused 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z But Lankesh was determined to be arrested, so she sneaked into town wearing a burqa, then threw it off when she reached the police station and shouted slogans until she was hauled into custody. Railing Against India’s Right-Wing Nationalism Was a Calling. It Was Also a Death Sentence. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z What did Boris Johnson think he was doing, joking in his Daily Telegraph column about women wearing burqas looking like letter boxes? Antisemitism, Islamophobia – what’s gone wrong with the middle aged? | Gaby Hinsliff 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z “One quick way to judge assimilation is burqas. Did you see a lot of burqas on the street?” a Fox host asked a reporter, referring to the full-body garment worn by some Muslim women. Amid Halal Grocers and a ‘Bangladesh Avenue,’ a Polish Pastry Is a Beloved Tradition 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Exactly one wore a burqa — the all-encompassing garment that women were once required to wear by the Taliban. 700 Afghan Women Have a Message: Don’t Sell Us Out to the Taliban 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z I was wondering what you think about France’s policy of also having restrictions on what women can wear, in terms of the burqa ban, and whether you think that has been a successful policy. Bernard-Henri Lévy on the Rights of Women and of the Accused 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Some are beggars, old men with crutches and women in burqas who huddle outside mosques and markets. To survive in Kabul, boys scavenge for treasure in the city’s trash 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z The Liberal government that succeeded hers chose a much more surgical approach to religious symbols, which banned only face-coverings like the niqab or burqa and not hijabs, crucifixes or yarmulkes. Québec battles with schools and police departments over efforts to ban religious symbols from heads and necks 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z He also pushed for a ban of the burqa, and mosque minarets. Dutch politician, once a Muslim critic, announces conversion to Islam 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Under Taliban rule, women were banned from work, required to wear the full-length burqa and not leave home without a male relative. Taliban reject Trump's suggestion of lingering U.S.... 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Shukria Paykan, another female member of Parliament, recalls spending the Taliban years “forced to be inside a dark cage when out of our houses — I mean the burqa.” Afghan women fear peace with Taliban may mean war on them 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z They eat mithai in the car with the windows rolled down, waving away flies and a beggar woman in a burqa. “Philosophy of the Foot” 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z In Vienna, they once covered a statue of Empress Maria Theresa with a burqa. Germany’s Far-Right Rebrands: Friendlier Face, Same Doctrine 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z A Muslim woman with her burqa on fire: like. ‘Nothing on this page is real’: How lies become truth in online America 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z In 2014 and 20017, the court upheld French and Belgian bans of burqas and other Islamic garments that fully cover women’s faces. Europe Court Upholds Ruling Against Woman Who Insulted Islam 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Last weekend, the woman "let into her car a person dressed in a burqa whose figure suggested he might be a man". French jailbreak gangster hid in burqa 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z “In those days, I’d wrap myself up in a burqa just to get to school. My own brothers didn’t want me to study.” 14 Pakistani Schools Burned. Locals Wonder if the Army Wanted It. 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Writing this summer on the topic of European democracies’ banning burqas, he said that while women should wear whatever they liked, wearing a burqa was akin to dressing as a “bank robber.” The rise of Boris Johnson, in all his carefully honed, disheveled glory 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Abeda explains how difficult it is for an unmarried Rohingya woman to go outside without a burqa – “because men see us, unprotected”. The Rohingya crisis, a year on: four generations of one family on life in limbo 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z In 2017, Germany’s then-interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, called for a nationwide ban on face veils in an editorial that stated: “We are an open society. We show our face. We are not burqa.” From France to Denmark, bans on full-face Muslim veils are spreading across Europe 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Mostly at my age the algorithms seem to think I would like to wear clothes that resemble floral burqas and shoes that medieval monks would refuse. Instagram influencers show how ads have changed. We need to catch up | Suzanne Moore 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Johnson said he was against a ban but his comments, whether throwaway or carefully calculated – including that the burqa and niqab were “odd” and “oppressive” – have had real-life consequences for many British Muslims. ‘It has made us unsafe’: Muslim women on fear and abuse after Boris Johnson’s burqa remarks 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z He said burqas, or “masked robes,” were banned in Xinjiang to fight extremism and because they aren’t traditional garments for Uighurs, a Turkic ethnic group of Central Asia. China Denies It’s Detaining Up to One Million Muslims in Camps 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Of the many essentials NGOs have to supply – clean water, a sanitation system, food – burqas are high on the list. The Rohingya crisis, a year on: four generations of one family on life in limbo 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z His most recent column noted his opposition to a new ban on face veils in Denmark but veered away to critique traditional Islamic garb, calling niqabs and burqas “oppressive and ridiculous.” Boris Johnson faces probe for saying women in burqas look like ‘bank robbers’ 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The comments by Boris Johnson, stating Muslim women wearing burqas “look like letter boxes” and comparing them to “bank robbers”, are racist and likely to stoke violence against Muslim women. Boris Johnson’s burqa comments fuel violent crime against Muslim women | Dal Babu 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Even fewer women wear the burqa, the full-length veil that covers the entire face and body. ‘It has made us unsafe’: Muslim women on fear and abuse after Boris Johnson’s burqa remarks 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z On the whole, Mr. Johnson’s piece questioned Denmark’s recent ban on burqas. Boris Johnson’s Critics See a Populist Calculation in ‘Burqa Storm’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Officially, the article was an argument for liberalism, criticising the Danish ban on the burqa and suggesting that Britain should not follow suit. May must learn from Labour mistakes and stamp out Tory Islamophobia | Jonathan Freedland 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Johnson’s comments, in response to Denmark’s introduction of a ban on burqas in public places, prompted an angry reaction from Muslim organisations and MPs, who accused him of stoking Islamophobia for political gain. Boris Johnson's burqa remarks offensive, says Foreign Office minister 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Boris Johnson is facing calls to apologise after he said Muslim women in burqas look “like letter boxes”, with Labour demanding that Theresa May condemns “this blatant Islamophobia”. Boris Johnson's burqa remarks 'fan flames of Islamophobia', says MP 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Each was said to be disguised in a burqa, the head-to-toe covering worn by Muslim women in Afghanistan. Attackers target Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, killing at least 39 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The article was devoted mostly to criticizing Denmark’s recent ban on the burqa. Boris Johnson’s Critics See a Populist Calculation in ‘Burqa Storm’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z But the tone of the piece pointed in the other direction, mocking women who wear a burqa as looking “like letter boxes” or “a bank robber” and insisting that to wear one is “absolutely ridiculous”. May must learn from Labour mistakes and stamp out Tory Islamophobia | Jonathan Freedland 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z In his column for the Telegraph on Monday, Johnson said Muslim women wearing burqas looked like bank robbers and that schools and universities should be entitled to tell students to remove them. Boris Johnson's burqa remarks offensive, says Foreign Office minister 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, he recognised that a total ban on burqas and niqabs was “not the answer” and said: “I don’t propose we follow suit.” Boris Johnson's burqa remarks 'fan flames of Islamophobia', says MP 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z But the attackers used the burqas to get close, then shot the guards, he said. Attackers in Burqas Kill Dozens at Shiite Mosque in Afghanistan 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Rahimi said the ministry was investigating reports that the two men evaded guards at the door of the mosque by wearing burqas, the traditional head-to-toe garment worn by many Afghan women. Mosque Attack Leaves at Least 30 Dead in Afghanistan 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z As the former foreign secretary himself wrote of a burqa ban: “You risk turning people into martyrs.” May must learn from Labour mistakes and stamp out Tory Islamophobia | Jonathan Freedland 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Supporters and opponents of a ban in Denmark on garments covering the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa, are clashing verbally as the law takes effect. Danish burqa ban comes into effect amid protests 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Denmark last week followed France, Austria and Belgium and introduced a burqa ban. Boris Johnson's burqa remarks 'fan flames of Islamophobia', says MP 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Popularly known as the “Burqa Ban,” it is mostly seen as being directed at the niqab and burqa. Danish ban on face-covering garments enters into force 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The European court of human rights upheld that burqa ban in 2014, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breached religious freedom. Dutch senators vote for partial ban on burqa in public places 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Studies suggest that only a few hundred women in the Netherlands wear niqabs or full-face burqas. Dutch parliament approves limited ban on burqa, niqab 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Popularly known as the “burqa ban”, it is mostly seen as being directed at the niqab and burqa. Danish burqa ban comes into effect amid protests 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z When the ministers for justice and integration showed up, a man took the opportunity to denounce the proposed burqa ban, arguing that it harmed Denmark’s reputation. Where Danes Butt Heads (Politely) With Their Leaders 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Earlier this month Danish MPs passed a law that, in effect, bans the burqa. Denmark swings right on immigration – and Muslims feel besieged 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z However, the law, popularly known as the “burqa ban,” is mostly seen as being directed at the dress habits of some conservative Muslim women. World Digest: May 31, 2018 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z It was just over a year ago that the interior minister at the time, Thomas de Maizière, declared: “We are not burqa.” Crosses Go Up in Public Offices. It’s Culture, Bavaria Says, Not Religion. 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z But the law is popularly known as the “burqa ban” and is mostly seen as being directed at the dress worn by some Muslim women. Denmark passes law banning burqa and niqab 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z But he said the law to remove burqas and niqabs from the few Danish Muslims who wear them in public should be scrapped. Where Danes Butt Heads (Politely) With Their Leaders 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z They call for the banning of mosques, banning of burqas, mass deportation of migrants and refugees, clamping down on civil liberties. ‘Tommy Robinson’ is no martyr to freedom of speech | Owen Jones 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z They depict women wearing the burqa, either in somewhat allegorical compositions or engaged in everyday activities. Junghwa Hong's burqa portraits: Can an artist reveal the soul if she can't see the face? 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z At the April 8 rally, a woman whose face was covered by a burqa came to the stage and told her story to the spellbound crowd. In Pakistan, a young Pashtun man was killed by police. Another has risen to lead a movement. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z She might not grasp the full depth of the burqas’ meaning, but she is drawn to the idea of hiding in plain sight. The Oscar for costume design always goes to the prettiest clothes. But are they truly the best? 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z He has called for a cap on migration, a burqa ban and has railed against imams in Germany funded by "foreign actors". Merkel wins CDU party's backing for German coalition deal 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z A comment piece on the far-right website Résistance Républicaine meanwhile complained that next year Joan of Arc would wear a burqa. Mixed-race Joan of Arc faces online abuse 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z The burqa images are an intriguing contradiction: They aren’t portraits in the traditional, Western sense. Junghwa Hong's burqa portraits: Can an artist reveal the soul if she can't see the face? 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z It is not known how many women wear the niqab and burqa in Denmark. Danish government proposes ban on full-face veils 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The occupants were young, and the woman always wore an all-enveloping burqa. Militant hideout found in Afghan capital shows security woes 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “There is something tiring about the use of hijabs and burqas in both Islamophobia and its countering narratives, but still, I think there is so much there to talk about.” 'We're stepping out of a binary' – celebrating the art of marginalized LGBT Muslims 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The Federal Council said in a statement on Wednesday that it thinks the question of banning concealing garments such as costume masks and burqas is better left to regions to decide. Swiss executive opposes nationwide ban on face coverings 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Kurz also helped this fall push through a law banning burqas and other face veils. Austrian Conservatives Cement Country’s Shift to the Right in New Coalition 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z “I don’t think there are many who wear the burqa here in Denmark. But if you do, you should be punished with a fine,” Poulsen said. Danish government proposes ban on full-face veils 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Instead, they work in much less remunerative jobs, embroidering burqas and adding the finishing touches to T-shirts sold to tourists. The Tibetan Muslims who made Kashmir home 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z It does the job as well as a see-through burqa. Wanting to ban the veil, Quebec bans sunglasses, too 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Some Muslim women happily exchange freedom for a religious perception of virtue, wearing hijab/burqa/niqab among Muslim men. In Brexit-Era London, a Mosque Sits Between Two Types of Hate 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z This year, Morocco banned the manufacture and sale of the burqa, and its king, Mohammed VI, often pops up on Instagram in jeans and hip shades. Morocco debates a law to protect women in public spaces. Passing it is another matter. 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Another for a group called “Stop AI” urged viewers to “like and share if you want burqa banned in America,” implying that the all-enveloping garment could be hiding a terrorist. ‘There’s a lot more there’: Mueller ups the stakes in Trump-Russia inquiry 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Popularly known as the “burqa ban,” the law is mostly seen as directed at the clothing worn by some ultra-conservative Muslim women. Shark-suit wearer runs afoul of Austria’s “burqa ban” law 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z When she recently tried to stir up public opinion by wearing a burqa in parliament, she attracted more ridicule than adulation. Australia admits more migrants than any other big Western country 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Issues that were never on the state parliament’s priority list, such as the wearing of burqas among members of the very small Muslim population in Saxony-Anhalt, have crept onto the agenda. ‘Nazi!’ ‘Stasi!’: In German state where the far right won big, cozy political culture quickly turned toxic 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z The law, popularly known as the “burqa ban,” is mostly seen as directed at the dress worn by some ultraconservative Muslim women. World Digest: Oct. 1, 2017 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z The majority of Muslim women around the world don’t wear traditional black full-body covering like chadors, abayas or burqas, and there’s a lot of diversity in what they do choose. Islamic style is showing up on catwalks, in mainstream stores and on non-Muslim women 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z But warnings about the impact of Muslim immigration, burqas and mosque minarets have become, even for many mainstream politicians, a way to classify Muslims as outsiders. Myanmar Follows Global Pattern in How Ethnic Cleansing Begins 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z An Australian senator is under intense criticism for wearing a burqa into the Senate as a way of drawing attention to her crusade to ban the religious dress from the country. What the heck is going on in Australia? 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Hanson’s call for the banning of the burqa prompted disorderly interjections from across the chamber. Pauline Hanson wears burqa in Australian Senate while calling for ban 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z She put up an image of a Muslim woman wearing a burqa next to a woman wearing a bikini. Student Voices: Why the UW should consider adding a Somali studies program 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z In Germany, one person noted: "The far-right see a threat to the nation in bus seats," and in Italy another saw the irony: "Invasion of women in burqas but they are only bus seats". Burqas or bus seats? How a photo caused an internet stir - BBC News 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Norway recently became the latest European country to propose restrictions on the wearing of burqas and niqabs, tabling a law that will bar them from kindergartens, schools and universities. Bus seats mistaken for burqas by members of anti-immigrant group 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z When she opened the Berlin mosque, she said women wearing burqas or niqabs would not be admitted. Muslim feminist plans to open liberal mosque in Britain 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z I’m tired of seeing my faith trapped in a cancerous cycle of terror, reduced to a vapid discussion of veils, burqas and burkinis, and held back by an obsessive fixation with fatwas. Muslims today face a deep malaise. We must confront it | Nabil Echchaibi 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z The handmaids are forced to wear enveloping, draping outfits that mix nun's habits and burqas. Both versions of The Handmaid’s Tale have a problem with racial erasure 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The ban, the first in Scandinavia, targets the niqab as well as burqas, balaclavas and masks, and would apply in nurseries, schools and universities. Norway to ban full-face veil in nurseries, schools and universities - BBC News 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z In the patriarchal world of Afghanistan, where most women still wear the burqa in public, the prominent placement of females in the photographs caused a stir. An Afghan leader caused a stir by posting pictures of his wife on Facebook 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The hijab, niqab and burqa represented the sexualisation and subjugation of women, she added. Muslim feminist plans to open liberal mosque in Britain 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z In 2012, six Taliban insurgents dressed in burqas scaled a nearby building and waged an 18-hour gun battle with security forces. Respected Kabul trauma center threatens to shut doors because of violence 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Their concern with burqas and bankers means technology, the real driving force in society today, isn’t in their sights. Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Social-media users began posting pictures of many German tourists’ favorite footwear alongside the caption: “We are not burqa, we are socks and sandals.” The arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants is fueling a German identity crisis 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Her mother sends her a hot meal every day, and the two occasionally meet at the local shrine: Anjum, six feet tall, in a spangled scarf, and tiny Jahanara in a black burqa. Arundhati Roy Returns to Fiction, in Fury 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z It will affect women who normally wear burqas, nigabs or other outfits that conceal their faces or allow only the eyes to be seen. Saudi Embassy in Vienna warns about Austria’s face cover ban 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z She is also up against Afghan traditions, which relegate women to domestic roles and near-invisibility in the body-length garment known as the burqa. In Afghanistan, an elite female police officer battles cultural taboos as well as the Taliban 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The ruling government the Taliban were torturing their women, forcing them into burqas and repressive home environments and out of schools and workplaces. The Handmaid's Tale is just like Trump's America? Not so fast | Jessa Crispin 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “Nobody in this country considers himself a burqa. It’s shocking that such important issues are discussed in such a tone,” she said. The arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants is fueling a German identity crisis 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Germany’s lower house of Parliament succeeded this week in passing a partial burqa ban, which would apply to on-duty civil servants, judges and soldiers. Germany’s partial burka ban passes lower house: ‘Make clear and impart our values’ 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Beards and burqas became mandatory, and cellphones banned. Crumbling buildings and unmarked graves: touring the Moab bomb site 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Muir's resulting series pitted a cobalt-coloured garment of Afghanistan, alternatively spelled burqa, against Australia's most forbidding, and beautiful, terrains. Urban Burqa: An artist's striking critique of Islamophobia - BBC News 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z “Politicians are doing nothing to protect us. They don’t want to mix. My daughter will be forced to wear a burqa at this rate.” Far-right demonstration falls flat as only 300 turn up to London march 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z And although Germany may not “be burqa,” a moderate version of Islam is anything but incompatible with its culture, according to Borchmeyer. The arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants is fueling a German identity crisis 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Some wore burqas that hid their eyes; others remained silent while their husbands discussed the case. It was a brutal killing that shocked Afghanistan. Now, the outrage has faded. 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z One user distinguished between different coverings: "I understand the safety rationale banning niqab/burqa, but banning hijab is like banning cross-shaped accessories." EU workplace headscarf ruling could force hijabis out of work - BBC News 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Aged six, and traumatised by her father’s death, Kaur had tried to stab two Muslim women dressed in burqas. 'I am not afraid': the Delhi student facing death threats for taking on India's right wing 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Soon after, women in those communities could be seen wearing burqas and attending Quran classes with the zeal of the newly converted. Pakistan City’s Affluent Women Bring Islam Into Their Lives and Lifestyles 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Between recordings, on the occasions the mother and daughter return home, they put on their burqas and disappear into anonymity. A Rapping Barber, a Defiant Teenager and a Release for War-Weary Afghans 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z To my surprise, my friend arrived at the cafe in jeans and backpack — no hijab or burqa. America’s zeitgeist: accepting intolerance, racism with a shrug 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Le Pen’s dark picture of a weakened France troubled by bureaucrats and burqas was a striking echo of themes being sounded across the Atlantic. In France, Le Pen Echoes Trump’s Bleak Populism in Campaign Kickoff 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z France and Belgium were the first European countries to introduce the niqab and burqa ban in 2011. Austria’s full-face veil ban is a kneejerk reaction to the rise of the far right | Julia Ebner 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Hashmi’s success helped spawn a string of religious businesses by people inspired by her, encompassing everything from educational institutions to burqa boutiques. Pakistan City’s Affluent Women Bring Islam Into Their Lives and Lifestyles 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z France and Belgium introduced a burqa ban in 2011 and a similar measure is currently going through the Dutch parliament. Austria to ban full-face veil in public places - BBC News 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Earlier this month local officials told shopkeepers that the production, importation and sale of the burqa must end, and made them sign a document agreeing to the change. The state and the veil 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The vaguely worded ban prohibits teachers from wearing any sort of religious garb, from burqas to yarmulkes. Nebraska targets ban on religious garb worn by teachers 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The official did not confirm whether the ban would be extended to wearing the burqa. Morocco Said to Ban Sale of Burqas, Citing Security Concerns 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z “And I would actually like to ban it everywhere. I don’t want to see the full veil — no niqab, no burqa — in public life in Germany.” Angela Merkel calls for widespread ban on ‘full veil’ Islamic coverings 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Detailing the package of reforms, the coalition devoted just two lines to the planned ban on the Islamic niqab and burqa. Austria to ban full-face veil in public places - BBC News 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Women—and men disguised as women—sometimes hide weapons or explosives under the folds of their all-enveloping burqas. In Afghanistan, a Cagney Searches for Her Lacey 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z In November, lawmakers in the lower house of the Dutch parliament approved a ban on “face-covering clothing,” including Islamic veils and robes such as the burqa and niqab. Nebraska targets ban on religious garb worn by teachers 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z “But just to be clear, the Interior Ministry didn’t ban the hijab or niqab but banned the burqa, and the burqa isn’t part of Morocco’s culture.” Morocco Said to Ban Sale of Burqas, Citing Security Concerns 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Women in Germany’s Muslim community of 4.7 million who actually wear a full burqa — or a loose veil that covers the entire body, often including mesh over the eyes — are exceedingly rare. Angela Merkel calls for widespread ban on ‘full veil’ Islamic coverings 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The UK does not ban the niqab or burqa. Austria to ban full-face veil in public places - BBC News 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Dutch lawmakers endorse burqa ban: Lawmakers in the lower house of the Dutch parliament approved a limited ban on “face-covering clothing,” including Islamic veils and robes such as the burqa and niqab. World Digest: Nov. 29, 2016 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Local authorities said using explosives was a common method of killing for Isis, who also impose strict rules at odds with local customs: forcing men to grow beards and women to wear burqas. Isis in Afghanistan: 'Their peak is over, but they are not finished' 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z “The number of women who wear the burqa in this country is still insignificant.” Morocco Said to Ban Sale of Burqas, Citing Security Concerns 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The court agreed with the French government that the “burqa ban” made it easier for citizens to “live together.” Angela Merkel calls for widespread ban on ‘full veil’ Islamic coverings 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z “I will never, never give in to people that walk around in burqas.” In Twin Falls, Idaho, co-dependency of whites and immigrants faces a test 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “I welcome you back to the bosom of your motherland,” the beaming president told Gula, who sat silent and expressionless in a palace armchair, a peacock-blue burqa pulled back from her face. Iconic ‘Afghan girl’ returns home after 31 years, a symbol of her country’s tensions with Pakistan 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The protesters boarded the Mexico City subway dressed in black burqas. Why Mexico is giving out half a million rape whistles to female subway riders 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Residents who have fled to the outskirts of Jalalabad from Achin, where IS has set up its headquarters, tell of decapitations of government workers, shrine-smashing and demands for women to don burqas. Help needed 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The law was pushed by the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition, whose co-leader Krasimir Karakachanov on Friday cited security reasons for it, saying "the burqa is more a uniform than a religious symbol." Bulgarian lawmakers OK law banning women from wearing veils 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Islamic militants quickly took control and enforced a harsh version of sharia law, banning music, forcing women to wear the burqa and preventing girls from attending school. ICC sentences Islamic militant to nine years over Timbuktu destruction 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The full face veil and burqa are already banned in public places. French ‘Burkini’ Bans Provoke Backlash as Armed Police Confront Beachgoers 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z They arrived wearing burqas, which they promptly removed, but I wondered why they were wearing them at all. Against the wall: from Mexico to Calais, why the idea of division is taking hold 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z She also said she wanted a ban on the burqa and to stop the construction of new mosques. Pauline Hanson defiant as speech criticised in Australia - BBC News 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z In her first speech in parliament for nearly two decades, the One Nation party leader called for an end to further Muslim immigration, and a ban on the wearing of burqas. MP Pauline Hanson: Australia being 'swamped by Muslims' - BBC News 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The Express notes that the group's morality police previously required women to wear the conservative burqa within its territory. Islamic State Group Reportedly Bans Burqas 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z A weeping woman in a blue burqa begged Hamidi to stop some neighbors from harassing her daughters. Afghanistan’s attorney general pushes justice for ordinary Afghans 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z For many, the burkini — like the headscarf and the burqa before it — is seen as precisely that kind of public religious expression, decidedly unwelcome in a universalist republic of equal citizens. France’s burkini debate: About a bathing suit and a country’s peculiar secularism 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z In 2010, the country barred people from concealing their faces in public spaces, effectively outlawing full-face veils that traditionally accompany the niqab and the burqa. French High Court to Rule on Legality of Beach Burkini Ban 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z But I do shudder at the sight of a burqa in Western settings. The French have a right to ban the burkini 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z According to The Express and the Al Alam News Network, the extremist group's leadership decided to implement the policy following attacks on Islamic State commanders by women wearing burqas and niqabs in recent months. Islamic State Group Reportedly Bans Burqas 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z I thought my swimsuit is like a burqa and it’s also two-piece, like a bikini is. French burkini ban puzzles, upsets Muslim fashion designers 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z In 2004, in another epic controversy, France passed a law banning the hijab — the headscarf — in public schools; in 2010, it became the first European country to ban the face-covering burqa outright. France’s burkini debate: About a bathing suit and a country’s peculiar secularism 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z As with France’s earlier bans on headscarves in state schools and burqas in public, the concept of laïcité, or secularism, looms large in explaining the latest restrictions on women’s rights. France's Burkini Bans Put Muslim Women in Danger 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Scarves and other religion-based headgear are one thing, but the burqa, with its proclamation of female inferiority, is simply jarring. The French have a right to ban the burkini 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z The clothing - which combines "burqa" with "bikini" - leaves only the face, hands and feet on show. 'It's about freedom': Ban boosts burkini sales 'by 200%' - BBC News 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Belgium, France and the Netherlands previously imposed full or partial burqa bans. German interior minister proposes partial burqa ban 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z He conceded that the burqa was rarely seen in Germany, but he said his party’s call for a ban was an attempt to pre-emptively address the matter before it became a wider issue. Germany Proposes Partial Ban on Face Veils in Public Places 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z But banning burqas and dual citizenship will not assist security or integration. Integration panic 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z While worded generally, the debate focused on the full-face veil, sometimes called the burqa. Fighting for the ‘Soul of France,’ More Towns Ban a Bathing Suit: The Burkini 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The country passed a law in 2010 banning people from concealing their face in public spaces, effectively outlawing full-face veils such as the niqab and the burqa. ‘Burkini’ Goes Against French Values, Says French Prime Minister 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z He was found in a car with his legs and hands bound and wearing a burqa. Pakistan top judge's kidnapped son rescued after gun battle - BBC News 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z “That is darkest Middle Ages, the opposite of self-determination. A burqa ban shows what does, and does not, work in our country.” Germany Proposes Partial Ban on Face Veils in Public Places 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z He sees the burqa as a symbol of failed integration and the subordination of women, he says, but “you can’t prohibit everything you reject”. Integration panic 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z He showed no emotion, while his second wife, fully covered in a burqa, hugged her knees and just listened. Families Blame Each Other After Afghan Child Bride Burns to Death 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z The same court rejected a challenge to France’s national burqa ban in 2014. Switzerland denies citizenship to Muslim immigrant girls who refused to swim with boys: report 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z In France, by contrast, the evidence of tensions are everywhere — from St. Etienne’s mayor pledging to accept only Christian refugees, to clashes in Marseille following a burqa ban. Iceland Wins Hearts at Euro 2016 as Soccer's Global Underdog 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z “We unanimously reject the burqa, it does not fit with our liberal society,” he told the public broadcaster ZDF, although he refrained from calling for an outright ban. Germany Proposes Partial Ban on Face Veils in Public Places 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z In May, the party backed a manifesto pledge that says Islam is not compatible with the German constitution and calls for a ban on minarets and the burqa. German deputy chancellor compares AfD party to Nazis 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Last week, Taliban insurgents, dressed in burqas, attacked a courthouse in Ghazni Province, killing six people, most of them civilians. Taliban Claim Killing of 7 in Afghan Province, Including New Attorney General 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z In November 2015, voters in the canton of Ticino approved a nationwide ban on burqa, a full-body garment worn by some Muslim women. Switzerland denies citizenship to Muslim immigrant girls who refused to swim with boys: report 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z On the streets near the larger mosques and Islamic centers, women in hijabs and burqas duck into shops for halal meats, dates and honey. Unsettling Political Climate Galvanizes Muslims to Vote 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Mr. de Maizière said the same day that “the burqa doesn’t fit with our country and does not correspond to our understanding of the role of women.” Germany Proposes Partial Ban on Face Veils in Public Places 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z It also would ban burqas and niqabs in public, and halal certification would be banned except for exports. Experts say divisive politician could win Australian seat 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z What's the difference between a burqa, a niqab and a hijab? Why is Bulgaria making a big fuss about the niqab? - BBC News 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z The Swiss People’s Party is circulating petitions to put a national burqa ban up for a vote, Breitbart London reported in March. Switzerland denies citizenship to Muslim immigrant girls who refused to swim with boys: report 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z In a course called Muslims in Diaspora, he watched the controversial Dutch film “Submission,” which depicts a woman in a sheer burqa with passages from the Koran written on her nude body. American ISIS defector: 'I've let my nation down' 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z There are no official statistics on the number of women in Germany who wear burqas or niqabs, but neither form of attire is seen much on German streets. Germany Proposes Partial Ban on Face Veils in Public Places 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Six years before the burqa ban, France banned the headscarf and other “ostentatious” displays of religious faith in public schools. The French Culture Wars Continue 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The manifesto demands a ban on minarets and the burqa. German far-right party calls for ban on minarets and burqa 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The manifesto demands a ban to minarets - the towers of a mosque from where the call to Muslim prayer is made - and the burqa, the all-encompassing body garment worn by some conservative Muslim women. Anti-immigrant AfD says Muslims not welcome in Germany 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The party wants to ban the burqa and minarets in Germany. German police arrest 400 protesters outside far-right party meeting 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z “The burqa does not belong to Germany,” Mr. Caffier said this week, and Mr. Henkel called the covering “a cloth cage.” Germany Proposes Partial Ban on Face Veils in Public Places 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The AfD wants to ban the burqa and outlaw minarets in Germany. Germany AdF meeting: Clashes before far-right conference - BBC News 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z One woman in a burqa held a bright pink placard that said, "Refugees Say Bigots Get Out"; another woman representing the #NeverTrump movement inside the GOP hoisted a sign that read, "Stop Hijacking Our Party." On Friendly Turf, Trump Hammers Home New York Values 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The interviewer noted that some Muslim women in fact choose to wear articles of clothing like burqas and hijabs. French Minister Compares Muslim Women to 'American Negroes' 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Dazed, I sat on the floor beside a woman in a burqa as she carefully folded her children’s clothes. A Journey Across Greece, a Bankrupt Land at Risk of Becoming a Refugee Prison 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z “But the burqa ban would send a social signal,” he said. Germany Proposes Partial Ban on Face Veils in Public Places 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z During that time, women were terrorized — banned from education and work, forced into their homes unless accompanied by a male relative and wearing the all-encompassing burqa. A UN agency in Afghanistan says it will stop publishing photographs on its website to highlight the plight of Afghan women ahead of International Women's Day on March 8 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z “Still,” Raghda says, “here in Lebanon I feel free. In Syria I was forced to wear a black burqa all the time. Here I can go back to our tradition.” Notes on the great Syrian exodus: ‘Epic in scale, inconceivable until you witness it’ | Richard Flanagan 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Across much of Afghanistan, women rarely leave home except in a head-to-toe burqa. Afghanistan’s Lonely Hearts Call ‘Emergency’ 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z “Banning burqas is not a fail-safe, but at least it allows security forces to identify suspects,” says Martin Ewi of South Africa’s Institute for Security Studies. Banning the burqa 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z In Nashua, the artists displayed Trump yard signs covered black fabric made to resemble a burqa, a reference to his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US if he were elected. Trump's old Iowa campaign bus turned into satirical art – stripper pole and all 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z He's calling for a halt to all immigration by Muslims, the closure of religious Sharia courts, a ban on the wearing of the burqa in public, and an end to the building of new mosques. Tommy Robinson: The man behind the British version of Pegida - BBC News 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z In one video, a woman who appears to be wearing a burqa whips around to reveal a nun’s habit — and a sign reading, “No burqa,” a wry comment on France’s ban on conservative Muslim dress. Giving Voice to France’s Poorest Youth, With Rhymes and Beats 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Another voter asked about an attempted beheading – in sleepy downtown Des Moines – of a Muslim woman who wanted to remove her burqa. Iowa's righteous Cruzade: senator preys on the holy and the wholly fed up 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z In Chad, 62 women were arrested for wearing burqas and told that if they did so again they would be charged with complicity in terrorism. Banning the burqa 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z “Under a burqa, how do you know if a woman has been beaten?” Presidential hopeful Gary Johnson is no Libertarian. He's a pro-pot Trump | Jeb Lund 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Beijing banned the Islamic burqa in public spaces in the city of Urumqi and ordered Muslim shopkeepers to sell alcohol and cigarettes. The overlooked international stories of 2015 (and how they might change 2016) 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z President Macky Sall has spoken of a need to restrict personal freedoms, tighten borders and even ban women from wearing burqas, saying that in Senegal, there was no place for radical Muslims. Senegal, a Peaceful Islamic Democracy, Is Jarred by Fears of Militancy 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z An FN election poster in the Paris region trades on fear of Islamism by portraying a woman in a face-covering burqa. Eyes on the prize 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z A month after Chad’s ban, Cameroon did the same in its northernmost region following suicide-bombings by people clad in burqas. Banning the burqa 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Those are both great reasons to ban burqas if it can be proved that burqas commit murder, or if wearing a burqa eliminates the US government’s ability to afford women equal rights. Presidential hopeful Gary Johnson is no Libertarian. He's a pro-pot Trump | Jeb Lund 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Just a month ago, dozens of self-described members of the “burqa brigade” held a protest in Islamabad calling for “jihad” to bring about sharia law, according to Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper. Pakistan is focus in hunt for clues to California shooter’s radical turn 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z There are Masai warriors straight out of a National Geographic magazine, women in colored burqas. Welcome to Lamu: Africa’s Most Captivating Artists’ Retreat 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Senegal's President Macky Sall, chairman of West Africa's ECOWAS, said on Sunday that the regional body will discuss possible measures to restrict women wearing burqas in order to enhance regional security. Mali TV shows photos of 'authors' of hotel attack 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Two days later Chad’s government banned the wearing of the burqa, the Muslim woman’s covering that hides even the eyes. Banning the burqa 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Johnson’s fatwa on burqas is just an effort to prohibit a visible, photogenic totem to capitalize on a political climate of increasing anti-Muslim hatred and paranoia. Presidential hopeful Gary Johnson is no Libertarian. He's a pro-pot Trump | Jeb Lund 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The movement included hundreds of women, who became known as the “burqa brigade.” Pakistan is focus in hunt for clues to California shooter’s radical turn 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z |
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