Hungary court repeals town’s decree banning mosques, hijab
- 12-Apr-2017
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s highest court on Wednesday repealed a far-right mayor’s decree banning the construction of mosques and the wearing of clothes such as the niqab in his town. The decree in Asothalom, close to the Serbian border, was “unconstitutional” and “infringed fundamental rights”, the constitutional court in Budapest said. The directive was introduced last November […]
Bulgaria bans the burqa in public places
- 01-Oct-2016
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s parliament has on Friday banned the wearing of face veils in public including niqabs and burqas in a move which drew criticism from the Amnesty International. The “burqa ban” law, pushed by the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition, echoes similar measures in western European countries such as France, the Netherlands and Belgium which have various laws […]
Niqab ban is hot button issue in Canada election debate
- 25-Sep-2015
MONTREAL: Prime Minister Stephen Harper sought to win over the key French-Canadian vote in an election debate Thursday with a firm defense of a popular niqab ban that split his rivals.