Portugal’s parliament approved a bill banning face veils like burqas and niqabs in most public spaces. The bill targets veils worn for gender or religious reasons, especially by Muslim women. It proposes fines between 200 and 4,000 euros for violators. Those forcing others to wear face veils could face up to three years in prison. […]
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Woman charged for wearing veil in Denmark
A woman in Denmark has been charged for wearing full-face veil in public. According to reports, she came into the police attention when a scuffle broke between her and another woman in a shopping center. ‘During the fight, her Niqab came off but she put it back once again when the police came,’ claimed the police […]
The Muslim veil ban debate: signs of an evolved world?
It is a great pleasure and honour for all of us to be here today, in a quantum leap of a revolutionised understanding of the world, where the product of a time that once divided it into blocs, now sees into the everyday life and curiosities of its citizens, and treats them with dignity and […]