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Italy bans burqas and niqabs in schools

Italy’s government approves a school ban on burqas and niqabs and caps classes at 30% of students lacking adequate Italian proficiency.

Italy eyes burqa ban and cap on foreign students in classrooms

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni announces plans to ban burqas and niqabs in schools and introduce a cap on the number of foreign students in each class.

Portugal passes bill to ban burqas and niqabs in public spaces

Portugal's parliament approves a bill banning face veils in public, targeting burqas and niqabs. Fines and prison terms proposed.

Male COVID carrier dresses in niqab to evade detection

Indonesian man disguises himself as his wife in order to board domestic flight, but makes one error...

Tunisia bans the niqab Muslim face cover in public

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab face veil in public institutions 'for security reasons.'

Denmark's ban on Islamic face veils comes into force

Women protest new Danish legislation banning garments that cover the face, including the niqab or burqa.

Denmark bans Islamic face veils

Denmark approves law banning garments that cover the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa.

Denmark considering ban on Muslim face veils

Danish government proposes ban on niqab and burqa in public spaces.

Austria announces Muslim face veil ban

Austria’s coalition government announces plan to ban Muslim face-covering veils.

German minister: Face veil has no place, but we can't ban it

Germany’s Interior Minister says Muslim face veil is not compatible with German society but can't be banned due to constitutional issues.

Mom, apple pie and burqas?

French women's rights minister calls hijabs 'slavery'

Women's rights minister compares Muslim women in headscarf to 'negroes who supported slavery,' gets social media backlash.

Bill to Ban Face Veils During Citizenship Ceremonies in Canada

Proposal submitted to Canadian parliament would require all men and women to expose their faces as part of the naturalization ceremony.

France: Woman Ejected from Opera for Wearing Face Veil

Paris opera house ejects a woman for wearing a veil covering her face and which was outlawed in 2011.

British Minister: Ban Muslim Face Veils in Courts

The Muslim face veils worn by women are a "peculiar costume in the 21st century," says Minister Kenneth Clarke.

UK Judge to Rule on Full-Face Muslim Veil

A UK Judge is set to rule on whether Muslim women should be forced to remove the niqab, a full-face veil when giving evidence in court.

Veiled Saudi Women Ejected, Deported from Paris Airport

France is enforcing a year-old ban on the "niqab" and not allowing Muslim women into the country if they refuse to take off a face veil.