A controversial ban on women wearing a traditional head-to-toe covering called a Burqa went into effect in France today, and French police say they have already arrested about 60 women for protesting ...

As a practicing Muslim, even I admit to being somewhat startled by the appearance of the black burqa that entirely veils a woman’s face and body, revealing only a narrow opening for her eyes. Even ...

Secularism is the religion of contemporary France. And the enforcers of that faith have a new target. “Today … we are confronted by certain Muslim women wearing the burqa, which covers and fully ...

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Earlier this month, France put its 2010 law banning the veil into effect, spurring angry demonstrations in both Paris and London. Two women were arrested, not because they were wearing burqas but ...

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Reporting from Paris — Muslim women should not be allowed to wear burkas in public institutions, including banks, post offices, schools and even on public transportation, a report by a parliamentary ...

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It sparked the protest, denunciation, and even arrests many had feared, yet as France’s legal ban of the burqa took effect April 11, it had many viewing the interdiction of facial coverings in public ...

Everyone’s suddenly calling for a ban on the burqa, said Gilbert Collard. A little-known Communist deputy spoke out last week of his disgust at seeing a burqa-clad woman on the streets of Paris, and ...

People should be free to publish cartoons of Mohammad. They should be free to wear the burka. In a free society, men and women should be able to do, say, write, depict or wear what they like, so long ...

One lawmaker called the burqa a "shock" to French culture. April 10, 2011— -- A controversial burqa ban passed by the French parliament last year will go into effect Monday, making the ...