Iran: Pop singer arrested for encouraging veil removal
Iranian police arrest pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi for releasing a song against women's compulsory wearing of the veil.
Iranian police arrest pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi for releasing a song against women's compulsory wearing of the veil.
Jerusalem court accepts appeal and orders suspect released despite police opposition. Other suspect remains in custody at hospital.
Sources say lack of autopsy and other evidence combined with suspect's serious injuries make it difficult to charge Jewish suspects.
UN committee says France violated an international rights treaty when it banned a woman from wearing a headscarf at school.
Taliban decree says that if a woman does not cover her face, her father or closest male relative could be imprisoned or fired.
America and the West have mainly vowed to rescue the men who interpreted for our troops.We need to rescue endangered women too. Op-ed.
Sri Lanka's president bans garment worn by some Muslim women, says they are "a security risk".
Women protest new Danish legislation banning garments that cover the face, including the niqab or burqa.
Denmark approves law banning garments that cover the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa.
Danish government proposes ban on niqab and burqa in public spaces.
Lawmakers prohibited from wearing religious symbols in parliament 'to maintain atmosphere of neutrality.'
Austrian Parlaiment says no to burqas in government offices, schools, workplaces; approves laws to fight Islamic extremism.
New Austrian legislation will ban the full-face Islamic veil in public places starting October 1.
New German law forbids public servants from wearing full-face Islamic veil while performing their duties.
Austria’s coalition government announces plan to ban Muslim face-covering veils.
In a sharp departure from previous policies, German Chancellor Merkel says she will initiate legislation against Burkas.
The lower house of the Dutch Parliament voted to ban wearing articles of clothing that fully cover the face - such as burqas and niqabs.
Norway's government announces plans to ban the full-face Islamic veil from classrooms and university lecture halls.
Germany’s Interior Minister says Muslim face veil is not compatible with German society but can't be banned due to constitutional issues.
Women's rights minister compares Muslim women in headscarf to 'negroes who supported slavery,' gets social media backlash.
West can learn from Africa? After suicide bomber dresses as woman, Muslim-majority Chad vows to arrest anyone in full-face veil.
Dutch cabinet approves a partial ban on wearing the Islamic veil in schools, hospitals and on public transport.
Muslim women or armed jewelry store robbers? Robbers make Toronto criminal history in heist making off with half-a-million dollars worth.
Paris opera house ejects a woman for wearing a veil covering her face and which was outlawed in 2011.
French court convicts woman for wearing a full-face veil in public, rejects bid to have the country's burqa ban declared unconstitutional.
Meanwhile, a Paris court upholds the right of a nursery to fire a female employee who insisted on wearing an Islamic headscarf.
The Muslim face veils worn by women are a "peculiar costume in the 21st century," says Minister Kenneth Clarke.
A Jewish candidate in the Jerusalem city elections calls to require Muslim women to show their faces. ‘Burqas are used for vote fraud.’