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Pros and cons of banning the burqa
The burqa debate is fairly absent in NZ, because apart from anything else they are so rare. My recent visit to London was the first in around three years, so you sometimes see changes as a snapshot,...
View ArticleMuslim women say burqa is affront to human dignity
Lincoln Tan at NZ Herald reports: A Muslim women’s group is expected to tell a public forum tonight that the burqa is not a requirement in Islam and it is “an affront to human dignity” for women to be...
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Pros and cons of banning the burqa
The burqa debate is fairly absent in NZ, because apart from anything else they are so rare. My recent visit to London was the first in around three years, so you sometimes see changes as a snapshot,...
View ArticleMuslim women say burqa is affront to human dignity
Lincoln Tan at NZ Herald reports: A Muslim women’s group is expected to tell a public forum tonight that the burqa is not a requirement in Islam and it is “an affront to human dignity” for women to be...
View ArticleRaybon Kan on the burqa
Raybon Kan writes: I’m no fan of the burqa. It’s subjugation. A woman whose face is covered, is like a document with all the words blacked out. A woman in a burqa has been redacted from society. A...
View ArticleNot discrimination
The Herald reports: An Auckland Councillor has laid a complaint with the Human Rights Commission over a sign in the window of an Avondale shop banning people wearing burkas from entering. The sign on...
View ArticleQuebec bans facial coverings in public
The Guardian reports: The Canadian province of Quebec has passed a sweeping ban on face coverings – barring public workers from wearing the niqab or burqa and obliging citizens to unveil when riding...
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