Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut many Islamic schools
- 13-Mar-2021
The wearing of the burqa in the majority-Buddhist nation was also temporarily banned in 2019
UN committee slams French ‘burqa ban’ for ‘violating’ rights
- 23-Oct-2018
GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Committee on Tuesday criticised France’s so-called burqa ban, saying the law violated the rights of two women who were fined for wearing full-face veils in public. The committee called for the women to be compensated and for a review of the 2010 law that forbids people from publicly wearing clothing […]
Swiss vote on regional ‘burqa ban’, GMOs
- 23-Sep-2018
GENEVA: A referendum in Switzerland’s northeastern St Gallen region Sunday is expected to usher in a “burqa ban”, making it the second Swiss canton to prohibit all face-covering garments in public spaces. At the same time, voters across Switzerland are being asked to cast their ballots on initiatives aimed at boosting local farming and promoting […]
Woman fined $156 for wearing face veil in Denmark
- 05-Aug-2018
HELSINKI: A 28-year-old woman wearing a face veil has become the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new law banning such garments in public places. Danish news agency Ritzau reported that police were called to a shopping centre in Horsholm, a city of some 46,000 inhabitants close to Copenhagen, on Friday […]
Man dressed as shark arrested under burka ban in Austria
- 11-Oct-2017
VIENNA: Austria’s new burqa ban became a cynosure once again and this for a bizarre reason when a man dressed as a massive shark was arrested. The arrested occurred when the man was standing outside a shop called McShark, dressed up as a shark in order to promote the new tech store in Vienna. Police […]
Germany proposes burqa ban in public places
- 19-Aug-2016
BERLIN, GERMANY: Germany's interior minister on Friday proposed partially banning the full-face burqa veil, as a debate on integration rages after two militant attacks and ahead of key state elections.